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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Jackson, MS

March 23, 1994Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 1994, 9:16 AM CST for Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 1994, 9:16 AM CST (15:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 1994, 10:00 AM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Sumter County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 1994-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 155 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 1994-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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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, Mar 23, 3:48 AM CST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-231145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
346 AM CST WED MAR 23 1994

AT 341 AM CST...MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEAR STATELINE MISSISSIPPI WEST
NORTHWEST ACROSS LAUREL TO NEAR MIZE MISSISSIPPI.

THIS BAND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGER STORMS WERE BETWEEN LAUREL INTO EXTREEME SOUTHWEST
JASPER COUNTY.

SOME GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS
TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST
CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 5:34 AM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-231330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
532 AM CST WED MAR 23 1994

AT 525 AM CST...MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A BROAD BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS
ABOUT 30 MILES WIDE FROM GROVE HILL ALABAMA NORTHWEST BETWEEN MERIDIAN
MISSISSIPPI AND BAY SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI TO WALNUT GROVE MISSISSIPPI.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY
SOME GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 35 MILES AN HOUR AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL
WERE INDICATED BETWEEN MERIDIAN...BAY SPRINGS...AND QUITMAN MISSISSIPPI.

THESE THUNERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND
SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE MERDIAN MISSISSIPPI AND BUTLER ALABAMA AREA
WITHIN THE HOUR.

PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
THEIR FAVORITE RADIO/TV FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 7:29 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
ALC023-119-MSC023-069-075-099-101-103-159-231530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
727 AM CST WED MAR 23 1994

AT 715 AM AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG A
CARTHAGE...NEWTON...QUITMAN LINE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THESE STORMS WILL BE ENTERING NESHOBA...LAUDERDALE...AND KEMPER COUNTIES
DURING THE NEST 30 MINUTES.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND PErRIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 7:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale43 min
Mar 23, 4:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke38 min
Mar 23, 5:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott31 min
Mar 23, 5:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton36 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.