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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Jackson, MS

July 24, 1994Kemper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1994, 3:55 PM CDT for Kemper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1994, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1994, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Kemper County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1994-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1172 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1994-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 242056 RRA
SVRMEI
MSC069-242145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
355 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...KEMPER COUNTY
 
AT 355 PM CDT MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DEKALB MISSISSIPPI MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YO\UR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale46 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.