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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 355, NWS Jackson, MS

November 5, 1994Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 1994, 11:26 AM CST for Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min.

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The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 1994, 11:26 AM CST (17:26 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 1994, 12:00 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Yazoo County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 1994-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 518 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1994-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
518 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.1

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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

Special weather statement, Nov 5, 8:52 AM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 5, 9:52 AM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
MSZ001>082-060300-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
952 AM CDT SAT NOV 05 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND
   CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 3 PM CST...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
   2 PM CST TODAY...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM PUSHING INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
BRINGING THE THREAT OF MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.

ALREADY...NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR
THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE...WITH DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM
WINDS BEING REPORTED AT MANY LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES.

WITH THE AIRMASS CONTINUING TO BECOME EVEN MORE UNSTABLE...AND A
COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
METEOROLOGISTS SEE THE POTENTIAL OF FURTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT OVER ALL BUT THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE
STATE.

RESIDENTS OVER NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT TODAY FOR THE SIGNS OF THREATENING WEATHER.
FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS...TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR COMMERCIAL RADIO.

CIVIL DEFENSE SPOTTERS SHOULD KEEP IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THEIR
LOCAL OFFICES TODAY.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED
FOR MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI TODAY.
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 9:56 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
MSZ001>082-060300-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
952 AM CDT SAT NOV 05 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND
   CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 3 PM CST...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
   2 PM CST TODAY...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM PUSHING INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
BRINGING THE THREAT OF MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.

ALREADY...NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR
THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE...WITH DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM
WINDS BEING REPORTED AT MANY LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES.

WITH THE AIRMASS CONTINUING TO BECOME EVEN MORE UNSTABLE...AND A
COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
METEOROLOGISTS SEE THE POTENTIAL OF FURTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT OVER ALL BUT THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE
STATE.

RESIDENTS OVER NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT TODAY FOR THE SIGNS OF THREATENING WEATHER.
FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS...TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...LOCAL TELE4VISION OR COMMERCIAL RADIO.

CIVIL DEFENSE SPOTTERS SHOULD KEEP IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THEIR
LOCAL OFFICES TODAY.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED
FOR MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI TODAY.
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 11:14 AM CST, 12 minutes before
MSZ009-051915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1114 AM CST SAT NOV 5 1994

AT 11 AM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 891 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN
ALABAMA...

A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO INVADE THE
STATE.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE OF WEATHER EXTENDS FROM TUPELO TO
HOUSTON MS...TO WINONA TO VICKSBURG.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HIGH WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.

ELSEWHERE... RAINSHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED IN FRONT OF THIS LINE FROM
ACKERMAN TO PHILADELPHIA TO CARTHAGE AND ALSO IN NEWTON...NORTH JASPER
AND NORTHWEST LAUDERDALE COUNTIES.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA ARE PRODUCING SPEEDS UP TO 30 MPH WELL OUT IN FRONT OF THE RAIN
AREAS.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR WARNINGS DUE TO HIGH
WINDS TO BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 6:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington44 min
Nov 5, 7:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington47 min
Nov 5, 7:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Tallahatchie48 min
Nov 5, 8:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey48 min
Nov 5, 8:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys51 min
Nov 5, 8:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore62 min
Nov 5, 8:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYalobusha62 min
Nov 5, 9:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCalhoun64 min
Nov 5, 9:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo68 min
Nov 5, 10:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys28 min
Nov 5, 11:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren53 min
Nov 5, 12:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo50 min
Nov 5, 1:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion, Walthall63 min
Nov 5, 2:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar69 min
Nov 5, 2:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln, Pike48 min
Nov 5, 2:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Walthall46 min
Nov 5, 3:28 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest32 min
Nov 5, 3:40 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones50 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.