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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

June 7, 1994Carroll County, Holmes County, Leflore County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1994, 10:44 PM CDT for Carroll County, Holmes County, Leflore County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1994, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1994, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Leflore County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2017 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2017 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1379 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 080345
TORJAN
MSC015-051-083-080430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1044 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY...HOLMES COUNTY
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LEFLORE COUNTY
 
AT 1043 PM...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT FIVE MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ITTA BENA...NEAR MORGAN CITY.
 
THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  MOVE QUICKLY TO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROO>M ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
AVOID WINDOWS.  LEAVE CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster36 min
Jun 7, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw48 min
Jun 7, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower51 min
Jun 7, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar49 min
Jun 7, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore51 min
Jun 7, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar28 min
Jun 7, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower25 min
Jun 7, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar59 min
Jun 7, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington64 min
Jun 7, 11:29 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWashington61 min
Jun 8, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys59 min
Jun 8, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena59 min
Jun 8, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey68 min
Jun 8, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo68 min
Jun 8, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison40 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.