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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1994, 11:29 PM CDT for Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1994, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1994, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 080429 TORJAN MSC151-080530- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1129 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...WASHINGTON COUNTY A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AND REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR APARTMENT. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS. <
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, Jun 7, 10:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
STORM REPORTS...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1002 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994
TIME(CDT) LOCATION EVENT
958 PM ROSEDALE EOC REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
BOLIVAR CO.Local storm report, Jun 7, 10:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
STORM REPORTS...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1002 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994
TIME(CDT) LOCATION EVENT
958 PM ROSEDALE EOC REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
BOLIVAR CO.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 36 min |
| Jun 7, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Leflore | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 59 min |
| Jun 7, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 68 min |
| Jun 8, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 68 min |
| Jun 8, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 40 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.