Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 21, 1990, 7:09 PM CST for Chickasaw County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 1990, 7:09 PM CST (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 1990, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chickasaw County, MS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 7:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Chickasaw, MS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUP 220109 SVRTUP MSC017-220200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 709 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...CHICKASAW COUNTY AT 711PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM ALREADY HAS A PAST HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 2:55 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-212200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
255 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990
...TORNADO WATCH NO. 784 AND 785 WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM THIS
EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI...
AT 240 PM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING A
POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER EXTREME EASTERN GRENADA COUNTY AND EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING FTO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BECOME WEATHER
ALERT AS THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE
MADE NOW TO ENSURE SAFETY.
NNNNSpecial weather statement, Dec 21, 3:35 PM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-212230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 335 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NO. 784 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING.... ...TORNADO WATCH NO. 785 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING.... AT 330 PM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING A RATHER LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORM AND RAINSHOWER ACTIVITY OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED OVER AN AREA FROM NORTH YAZOO COUNTY EXTENDING TO THE NORTH TO SOUTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND ALSO FROM ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS EXTENDING TO THE NORTHEAST TO DYERSBURG TENNESSEE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. NNNN
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 4:41 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-212345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 441 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 ....TORNADO WATCH NO. 784 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING.... ....TORNADO WATCH NO. 785 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING.... AT 435 PM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING A RATHER LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORM AND RAINSHOWER ACTIVITY OVER ALL OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SECTION OF THE STATE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN CARROL COUNTY AND SOUTH CENTRAL GRENADA COUNTY. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS ALSO INDICATED OVER THE HOLMES...ATTALA AND YAZOO COUNTY AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF( THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME WEATHER ALERT BECAUSE THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY HAVE A DANGEROUS HISTORY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO ENSURE SAFETY. NNNN
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 5:35 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-220030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 535 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 ....TORNADO WATCH NO. 784 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING.... ....TORNADO WATCH NO. 785 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING.... AT 530 PM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE WEBSTER...MOHNTGOMERY AND CHOCTAW COUNTY AREA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. RADAR WAS ALSO INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER YALOBUSHA AND CALHOUN COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM ALREADY HAS A PAST HISTORY OF DAMAGE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THES3E THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NOW TO ENSURE SAFmETY. MORE STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. NNNN
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 6:37 PM CST, 32 minutes before
TNZ014-015-220300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 630 PM CST DEC 21 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 785 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT OVER EXTREME WEST TENNESSEE... THE AREA OF TENNESSEE GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST OF DYERSBURG TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI IS REMOVED FROM THE WATCH. THE WEST TENNESSEE COUNTIES REMOVED FROM THE WATCH ARE AS FOLLOWS: CROCKETT...DYER...FAYETTE...HAYWOOD...LAUDERDALE...SHELBY...AND TIPTON. BUT THE TORNADO WATCH DOES CONTINUE FOR THE AREA EAST OF THE LINE THAT EXTENDS FROM 35 MILES EAST OF DYERSBURG TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI...THE WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM CST. < ALSO PERSO9NS ARE REMINDED THAT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT OVER WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE FOR TONIGHT...AND MIDDLE FOR SATURDAY. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 6:40 PM CST, 29 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-220145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 640 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NO. 784 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH NO. 785 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING... AT 630 PM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FRON PONTOTOC EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH TO HOUSTON MISSISSIPPI IN CHICKASAW COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. MORE STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 40 min |
| Dec 21, 7:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 30 min |
| Dec 21, 7:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 46 min |
| Dec 21, 8:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 32 min |
| Dec 21, 10:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 31 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.