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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 1994, 7:36 PM CST for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 1994, 7:36 PM CST (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 1994, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hinds County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 7:40 PM CST | Tornado F0 | To 2 Ene Jackson, MS | This weak tornado was tracked by Hinds County spotters across the city of Jackson. The tornado did very little damage, mainly to trees and power lines. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 1520 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 429 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.3
- Supercell composite
- 16.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 280140 TORJAN MSC049-280215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 736 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...WESTERN HINDS COUNTY AT 735 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY 27 NEAR THE BIG BLACK RIVER IN WESTERN HINDS COUNTY TRACKING SOUTH OF EDWARDS DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 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 CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD. <
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 6:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 50 min |
| Nov 27, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 30 min |
| Nov 27, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 68 min |
| Nov 27, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 30 min |
| Nov 27, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 36 min |
| Nov 27, 7:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 31 min |
| Nov 27, 7:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Yazoo | 48 min |
| Nov 27, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 27 min |
| Nov 27, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 31 min |
| Nov 27, 8:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 41 min |
| Nov 27, 8:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 38 min |
| Nov 27, 8:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 30 min |
| Nov 27, 8:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 52 min |
| Nov 27, 8:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 31 min |
| Nov 27, 8:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 32 min |
| Nov 27, 8:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 38 min |
| Nov 27, 8:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 66 min |
| Nov 27, 8:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 35 min |
| Nov 27, 9:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 35 min |
| Nov 27, 9:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 59 min |
| Nov 27, 9:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 29 min |
| Nov 27, 9:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 26 min |
| Nov 27, 9:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 65 min |
| Nov 27, 9:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 33 min |
| Nov 27, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 49 min |
| Nov 27, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 61 min |
| Nov 27, 10:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 51 min |
| Nov 27, 10:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Amite, Lincoln, Pike | 45 min |
| Nov 27, 10:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 59 min |
| Nov 27, 10:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 56 min |
| Nov 27, 10:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 34 min |
| Nov 27, 11:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 57 min |
| Nov 27, 11:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 46 min |
| Nov 27, 11:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 61 min |
| Nov 27, 11:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.