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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Jackson, MS

November 27, 1994Kemper County, Neshoba County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 1994, 5:28 PM CST for Kemper County, Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 1994, 5:28 PM CST (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 1994, 6:15 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kemper County, MS, Neshoba County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 12:00Z on 1994-11-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 380 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1994-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 266 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
380 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
372 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 272333
TORMEI
MSC069-099-280015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
528 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...KEMPER COUNTY...NESHOBA COUNTY
 
AT 528 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE
HOUSE COMMUNITY...5 MILES SOUTH OF PHILDELPHIA.. THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE
EREPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THIS STORM .
 
MOVEMENT IN THE THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH..
PESONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATLY.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFE0ST PLACE IS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE.
USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 3:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin39 min
Nov 27, 4:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin26 min
Nov 27, 4:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar66 min
Nov 27, 4:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott32 min
Nov 27, 4:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston48 min
Nov 27, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee30 min
Nov 27, 5:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey48 min
Nov 27, 5:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee48 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.