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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Jackson, MS

November 5, 1994Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 1994, 3:28 PM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 1994, 3:28 PM CST (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 1994, 4:00 PM CST
In force
32 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, 9.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1994-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 574 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1994-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
574 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 052130
TORJAN
MSC035-052200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
328 PM CST SAT NOV 5 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN FORREST COUNTY
 
AT 328 PM CST A TORNADO WAS INDICATED 3 MILES NORTH OF HATTIESBURG
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 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

Special weather statement, Nov 5, 9:52 AM CST, 5 hours 36 minutes before
MSZ001>082-060300-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
952 AM CDT SAT NOV 05 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND
   CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 3 PM CST...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
   2 PM CST TODAY...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM PUSHING INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
BRINGING THE THREAT OF MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.

ALREADY...NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR
THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE...WITH DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM
WINDS BEING REPORTED AT MANY LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES.

WITH THE AIRMASS CONTINUING TO BECOME EVEN MORE UNSTABLE...AND A
COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
METEOROLOGISTS SEE THE POTENTIAL OF FURTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT OVER ALL BUT THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE
STATE.

RESIDENTS OVER NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT TODAY FOR THE SIGNS OF THREATENING WEATHER.
FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS...TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR COMMERCIAL RADIO.

CIVIL DEFENSE SPOTTERS SHOULD KEEP IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THEIR
LOCAL OFFICES TODAY.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED
FOR MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI TODAY.
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 9:56 AM CST, 5 hours 32 minutes before
MSZ001>082-060300-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
952 AM CDT SAT NOV 05 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND
   CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 3 PM CST...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
   2 PM CST TODAY...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM PUSHING INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
BRINGING THE THREAT OF MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.

ALREADY...NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR
THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE...WITH DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM
WINDS BEING REPORTED AT MANY LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES.

WITH THE AIRMASS CONTINUING TO BECOME EVEN MORE UNSTABLE...AND A
COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
METEOROLOGISTS SEE THE POTENTIAL OF FURTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT OVER ALL BUT THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE
STATE.

RESIDENTS OVER NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT TODAY FOR THE SIGNS OF THREATENING WEATHER.
FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS...TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...LOCAL TELE4VISION OR COMMERCIAL RADIO.

CIVIL DEFENSE SPOTTERS SHOULD KEEP IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THEIR
LOCAL OFFICES TODAY.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED
FOR MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI TODAY.
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 11:14 AM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
MSZ009-051915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1114 AM CST SAT NOV 5 1994

AT 11 AM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 891 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN
ALABAMA...

A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO INVADE THE
STATE.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE OF WEATHER EXTENDS FROM TUPELO TO
HOUSTON MS...TO WINONA TO VICKSBURG.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HIGH WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.

ELSEWHERE... RAINSHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED IN FRONT OF THIS LINE FROM
ACKERMAN TO PHILADELPHIA TO CARTHAGE AND ALSO IN NEWTON...NORTH JASPER
AND NORTHWEST LAUDERDALE COUNTIES.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA ARE PRODUCING SPEEDS UP TO 30 MPH WELL OUT IN FRONT OF THE RAIN
AREAS.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR WARNINGS DUE TO HIGH
WINDS TO BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 1:42 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-052145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
142 PM CST SAT NOV 5 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 892 REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER
891 AND REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH... CENTRAL AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 7 PM CST...

AT 130 PM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MERIDIAN INDICATED A
LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPI...MAINLY FROM MADISON TO KOSCIUSKO TO TUPELO.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING NORTH OF WALNUT GROVE AND SOUTH OF
NEWTON.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE LINE AND OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO ADVANCD EASTWARD
AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN ADVANCE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE STRONG AND FROM THE
SOUTH.  MERIDIAN WEATHER OFFICE HAS EXPERIENCED SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 30
MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR
LOCAL RADIO STATION FOR FUTHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 6:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington44 min
Nov 5, 7:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington47 min
Nov 5, 7:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Tallahatchie48 min
Nov 5, 8:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey48 min
Nov 5, 8:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys51 min
Nov 5, 8:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore62 min
Nov 5, 8:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYalobusha62 min
Nov 5, 9:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCalhoun64 min
Nov 5, 9:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo68 min
Nov 5, 10:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys28 min
Nov 5, 11:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren53 min
Nov 5, 11:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo34 min
Nov 5, 12:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo50 min
Nov 5, 1:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion, Walthall63 min
Nov 5, 2:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar69 min
Nov 5, 2:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln, Pike48 min
Nov 5, 2:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Walthall46 min
Nov 5, 3:40 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones50 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.