Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 4:51 PM CDT for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clarke County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 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
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, Apr 15, 1:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 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, 56 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, 50 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, 31 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, 27 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.Local storm report, Apr 15, 4:48 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
446 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994
440 PM CDT...ONE LARGE (2 FEET DIA.) TREE BLOCKING FOX ROAD NEAR
HWY 19 S. ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN IN
LAUDERDALE CO.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 6:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 7:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 7:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 9:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 69 min |
| Apr 15, 9:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 10:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Pike, Walthall | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 67 min |
| Apr 15, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 69 min |
| Apr 15, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 68 min |
| Apr 15, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wilkinson | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sumter | 68 min |
| Apr 15, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sumter | 64 min |
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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.