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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Jackson, MS

March 24, 1994Rankin County, Scott County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1994, 1:45 PM CST for Rankin County, Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 1994, 1:45 PM CST (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 1994, 2:30 PM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 1994-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1052 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 1994-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 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
1052 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 1:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin29 min
Mar 24, 2:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott36 min
Mar 24, 2:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton57 min
Mar 24, 3:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale64 min
Mar 24, 3:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo46 min
Mar 24, 3:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton51 min
Mar 24, 5:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln40 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.