Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1994, 7:00 PM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1994, 7:00 PM CST (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1994, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Forrest County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.9
- Supercell composite
- 12.2
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, Jan 27, 2:05 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
MSZ001>082-272130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 205 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON FOR WEST AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS SOUTHEAST OF WOODVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORMD ACROSS SECTIONS OF WILKINSON AND AMITE COUNTIES. A WIDE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED ACROSS THE STATE FROM MERIDIAN TO GREENVILLE. OTHERWISE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SECTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WEST LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT SECTIONS OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DUE TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER...YOU NEED TO KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:08 PM CST, 4 hours 52 minutes before
MSZ001>082-272130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 205 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON FOR WEST AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS SOUTHEAST OF WOODVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORMD ACROSS SECTIONS OF WILKINSON AND AMITE COUNTIES. A WIDE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED ACROSS THE STATE FROM MERIDIAN TO GREENVILLE. OTHERWISE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SECTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WEST L OUISIANA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT SECTIONS OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DUE TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER...YOU NEED TO KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 3:05 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
MSZ001>082-272230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 305 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON FOR WEST AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED BETWEEN BUDE AND LIBERTY IN NORTHERN AMITE COUNTY. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM. DUE TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER...YOU NEED TO KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 3:10 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
MSZ001>082-272230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 305 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON FOR WEST AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED BETWEEN BUDE AND LIBERTY IN NORTHERN AMITE COUNTY. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM. DUE TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER...YOU NEED TO KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 5:00 PM CST, 2 hours before
MSZ001>082-280100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 500 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI FROM FAYETTE TO CENTREVILLE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE ALERT AS THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. MOTORISTS HEADING HOME NEED TO AVOID AREAS WHERE HIGH WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 5:03 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
MSZ001>082-280100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 500 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI FROM FAYETTE TO CENTREVILLE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE ALERT AS THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. MOTORISTS HEADING HOME NEED TO AVOID AREAS WHERE HIGH WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 6:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 44 min |
| Jan 27, 6:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 40 min |
| Jan 27, 6:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 54 min |
| Jan 27, 7:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.