Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 330, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 1994, 3:24 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 1994, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 1994, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lauderdale County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Sep 1, 9:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
MSZ001>082-020000- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT THU SEP 1 1994 ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT... A WEAK COLD FRONT STRETCHED ACROSS EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS MORNING...AND WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE STATE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT... AND SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MILES AN HOUR. HOWEVER THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS.
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 10:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
MSZ001>082-020000- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT THU SEP 1 1994 ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT... A WEAK COLD FRONT STRETCHED ACROSS EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS MORNING...AND WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE STATE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT... AND SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MILES AN HOUR. HOWEVER THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS.
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 1:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-012100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 157 PM CDT THU SEP 1 1994 AT 150 PM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 5 MPH. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. ALSO...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. ELSEWHERE...A 5 MILE WIDE BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP JUST WEST OF A BRANDON...CARTHAGE MISSISSIPPI LINE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH.
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 1:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-012100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 157 PM CDT THU SEP 1 1994 AT 150 PM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 5 MPH. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. ALSO...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. ELSEWHERE...A 5 MILE WIDE BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP JUST WEST OF A BRANDON...CARTHAGE MISSISSIPPI LINE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 43 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.