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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Jackson, MS

November 27, 1994Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 1994, 10:09 PM CST for Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 1994, 10:09 PM CST (04:09 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 1994, 11:00 PM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 1994-11-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1520 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1994-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 366 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 280412
TORJAN
MSC127-129-280500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1009 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...EASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY...SMITH COUNTY
 
AT 1010 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO TWO MILES EAST OF
MINDENHALL...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
IT WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF RALEIGH.
 
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.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 6:10 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee50 min
Nov 27, 6:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo30 min
Nov 27, 6:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren68 min
Nov 27, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo30 min
Nov 27, 7:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne36 min
Nov 27, 7:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes31 min
Nov 27, 7:36 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds39 min
Nov 27, 7:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Yazoo48 min
Nov 27, 7:48 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAdams, Jefferson27 min
Nov 27, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds31 min
Nov 27, 8:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison41 min
Nov 27, 8:07 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds38 min
Nov 27, 8:15 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAdams, Franklin30 min
Nov 27, 8:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw52 min
Nov 27, 8:29 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison31 min
Nov 27, 8:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds32 min
Nov 27, 8:52 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin38 min
Nov 27, 8:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston66 min
Nov 27, 8:55 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake35 min
Nov 27, 9:10 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds, Rankin35 min
Nov 27, 9:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba59 min
Nov 27, 9:16 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake, Scott29 min
Nov 27, 9:19 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah26 min
Nov 27, 9:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba65 min
Nov 27, 9:27 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake33 min
Nov 27, 9:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson49 min
Nov 27, 9:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton61 min
Nov 27, 10:15 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAmite, Lincoln, Pike45 min
Nov 27, 10:16 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Noxubee59 min
Nov 27, 10:34 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper56 min
Nov 27, 10:41 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence34 min
Nov 27, 11:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale57 min
Nov 27, 11:14 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis46 min
Nov 27, 11:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale61 min
Nov 27, 11:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke62 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.