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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Jackson, MS

June 7, 1994Washington County, Mississippi

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.

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 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.
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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.

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, 10:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Leflore46 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 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.