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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Jackson, MS

April 15, 1994Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 4:37 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1994, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lauderdale County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1994-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2113 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1994-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

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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

Local storm report, Apr 15, 1:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
145 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

1115 AM CDT...SUMPTER CO ALABAMA C.D. REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
              NEAR GEIGER...20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF LIVINGSTON AL.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 1:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-ALZ030-051-152045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
137 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91 FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM
CDT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 94 FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI CONTINUES UNTIL 7 PM CDT...

AT 125 PM CDT...A SOLID LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
OUT OF WEST MISSISSIPPI FROM NEAR GREENWOOD SOUTHWEST BETWEEN
BELZONIA AND LEXINGTON WEST TO NEAR ROLLING FORK.

THIS LINE WAS MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT COUNTIES...WINSTON AND NESHOBA
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THIS LINE FROM
WINONA TO COLUMBUS AND OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING OVER
CHOCTAW COUNTY ALABAMA.

WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES AND ABUNDANT SUNSHINE IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI CONDITIONS APPEAR RIPE FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND PERSONS
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD
STAY ALERT FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

...CORRECTED 4TH PARA TO REFLECT ENTRY OF STORMS INTO WINSTON
AND NESHOBA EXPECTED WITHIN ONE HOUR....
Local storm report, Apr 15, 3:55 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
355 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

340  PM CDT...NEWTON CO MS. C.D. REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL 2 MILES
              EAST OF DECATUR MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Apr 15, 4:01 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
359 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

358  PM CDT...PEA SIZE SIZE HAIL AT MEEHAN POWER OUTAGE AT JAUANITA
              LAKE ROAD. RPTD BY LEMA LAUDERDALE CO.f

355 PM CDT...DIME SIZE HAIL AND TREES DOWN 8 MILES WEST OF AIRPORT
             REPORTED BY C.D. SPOTTER.    LAUDERDALE CO.
Local storm report, Apr 15, 4:20 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
412 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

355-405PM CDT...DIME TO NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY S.O. AT DECATER
              MS IN NEWTOWN COUNTY.  ALSO SEVERAL TREES DOWN BETWEEN
              ALONG HWY 80.  A FUNNEL CLD ALSO REPORTED BY PUBLIC
              NEAR LANDFILL IN W PORTION OF CTY BUT NOT CONFIRMED.

4 PM CDT...   DIME SIZE HAIL IN JASPER COUNTY AND TREES DOWN NEAR
              BAY SPRINGS MS IN REPORTED BY CD.

415 PM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL HWY 19 10 N OF MERIDIAN
             AIRPORT IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY.
Local storm report, Apr 15, 4:24 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
421 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994

415 PM CDT... DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED 5 NORTH OF BAY SPRINGS MS
              IN JASPER COUNTY.  REPORTED BY CD.

407 PM CDT... 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT WSO MEI IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY
              MISSISSIPPI.   REPORTED IN SA.

420 PM CDT...LAUDERDALE EMA REPORTED BLDG DOWN IN HICKORY MS IN NEWTON
             COUNTY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 5:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale48 min
Apr 15, 6:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Madison42 min
Apr 15, 6:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston37 min
Apr 15, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala29 min
Apr 15, 7:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston50 min
Apr 15, 7:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba53 min
Apr 15, 8:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala45 min
Apr 15, 8:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper31 min
Apr 15, 8:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper41 min
Apr 15, 8:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston48 min
Apr 15, 9:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee69 min
Apr 15, 9:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper51 min
Apr 15, 10:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper31 min
Apr 15, 11:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington43 min
Apr 15, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington60 min
Apr 15, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower43 min
Apr 15, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore33 min
Apr 15, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston46 min
Apr 15, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin49 min
Apr 15, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds32 min
Apr 15, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson41 min
Apr 15, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence35 min
Apr 15, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton43 min
Apr 15, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper65 min
Apr 15, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANPike, Walthall29 min
Apr 15, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale67 min
Apr 15, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith56 min
Apr 15, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams56 min
Apr 15, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin43 min
Apr 15, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke69 min
Apr 15, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton59 min
Apr 15, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion25 min
Apr 15, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNewton31 min
Apr 15, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln40 min
Apr 15, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWilkinson41 min
Apr 15, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke39 min
Apr 15, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLincoln28 min
Apr 15, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest29 min
Apr 15, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones43 min
Apr 15, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington27 min
Apr 15, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion26 min
Apr 15, 10:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSumter68 min
Apr 15, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSumter64 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.