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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Jackson, MS

March 28, 1991Clarke County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1991, 3:42 PM CST for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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
Mar 28, 1991, 3:42 PM CST (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1991, 4:30 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Clarke County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 28, 3:55 PM CSTHail 0.75Clarke, 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

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Mar 28, 12:11 PM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
MSZ002-003-008-281900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1210 PM CST THU MAR 28 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE DELTA...

AT 1205 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE DELTA.  THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF
VICKSBURG TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF YAZOO CITY.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIXEF BUT HEAVY RAINFALL
...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS.  PERSONS IN
SOUTHERN SHARKEY AND NORTHERN YAZOO COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 3:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith39 min
Mar 28, 3:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper50 min
Mar 28, 4:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds28 min
Mar 28, 4:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds48 min
Mar 28, 4:47 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale43 min
Mar 28, 5:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale44 min
Mar 28, 4:08 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Sumter52 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.