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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1994, 3:06 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Webster County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calhoun County, MS, Webster County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 3309 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 270808 TORJAN MSC013-155-270845- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 306 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY...WEBSTER COUNTY AT 306 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTROM CONTAINING A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALHOUN CITY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. USE PILLOWS OR CxUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD. <
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
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-270830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 129 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 AT 125 AM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTH OF MACON MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO NOXUBEE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS IN VICINITY OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. ALSO...VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG A CALHOUN CITY...COLUMBUS LINE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-270830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 129 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 AT 125 AM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTH OF MACON MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO NOXUBEE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS IN VICINITY OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. ALSO...VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG A CALHOUN CITY...COLUMBUS LINE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:22 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-270930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 222 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 AT 220 PM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WINSTON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT 40 MINUTES. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ALSO...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME TORNADIC PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:24 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-270930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 222 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 AT 220 PM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WINSTON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT 40 MINUTES. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ALSO...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME TORNADIC PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Calhoun | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Calhoun | 28 min |
| Jun 27, 1:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Calhoun | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 1:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Webster | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Calhoun, Yalobusha | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 4:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Webster | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 4:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 58 min |
| Jun 27, 5:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 48 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.