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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 5:31 PM CDT for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Forrest County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1905 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 152233 TORJAN MSC035-152300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 531 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN FORREST COUNTY AT 528 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR MOVING INTO NORTHWEST FORREST COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY 49...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN A POSSIBLE TORNADO AND WILL MOVE EAST NORTH OF HATTIESBURG AND PASS ALONG ROUTE 49 AND 59 DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. <
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 15, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
412 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994
355-405PM CDT...DIME TO NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY S.O. AT DECATER
MS IN NEWTOWN COUNTY. ALSO SEVERAL TREES DOWN BETWEEN
ALONG HWY 80. A FUNNEL CLD ALSO REPORTED BY PUBLIC
NEAR LANDFILL IN W PORTION OF CTY BUT NOT CONFIRMED.
4 PM CDT... DIME SIZE HAIL IN JASPER COUNTY AND TREES DOWN NEAR
BAY SPRINGS MS IN REPORTED BY CD.
415 PM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL HWY 19 10 N OF MERIDIAN
AIRPORT IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY.Local storm report, Apr 15, 4:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
421 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994
415 PM CDT... DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED 5 NORTH OF BAY SPRINGS MS
IN JASPER COUNTY. REPORTED BY CD.
407 PM CDT... 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT WSO MEI IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI. REPORTED IN SA.
420 PM CDT...LAUDERDALE EMA REPORTED BLDG DOWN IN HICKORY MS IN NEWTON
COUNTY.Local storm report, Apr 15, 4:48 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
446 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994
440 PM CDT...ONE LARGE (2 FEET DIA.) TREE BLOCKING FOX ROAD NEAR
HWY 19 S. ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN IN
LAUDERDALE CO.Local storm report, Apr 15, 5:00 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
452 CDT FRI APR 15 1994
442 PM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD IN NE LAUDERDALE COUNTY
MS NEAR CAMPGROUND RD...TRAVELING SOUTH TOWARD DALE
WOOD...ON HWY 45. DID NOT TOUCH DOWN...LOTS OF LIMBS
ON ROAD.
440 PM CDT...NEWTOWN COUNTY 1 MILE EAST OF HICKORY MS 3 LARGE 100
YEAR OLD TREES DOWN. SEVERAL HOMES ROOF DAMAGE. OTHER
( TREES DOWN IN AREA ALSO DOWN. REPORTED BY OFFDUTY FAA
PERSON.
455 PM CDT...LAUDERDALE CTY MS LEMA REPORTED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
TREES DOWN IN THE RUSSELL VICINITY NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN.Special weather statement, Apr 15, 5:05 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
MSZ001>082-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 500 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ENDS OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 94 FOR NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ROLLING FORK TO WATER VALLEY. ALTHOUGH SOME RAINFALL MAY CONTINUE FOR A FEW HOURS IN THE DELTA AREA ...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED. THIS MEA8NS THAT SUCH COMMUNITIES AS CLEVELAND...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...AND CHARLESTON ARE NO LONGER UNDER THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. ADDITIONAL AREAS WILL BE CLEARED AS THE THREAT ENDS FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER THIS EVENING.
Local storm report, Apr 15, 5:17 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
515 CDT FRI APR 15 1994
422 PM CDT...CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR JASPER CO. REPORTS MANY TREES
DOWN HWY 18 BETWEEN ROSE HILL AND PACHUTA. R`OAD IS
BLOCKED.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 6:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 7:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 7:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 9:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 69 min |
| Apr 15, 9:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 10:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Pike, Walthall | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 67 min |
| Apr 15, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 69 min |
| Apr 15, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 68 min |
| Apr 15, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wilkinson | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 26 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.