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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Jackson, MS

November 27, 1994Covington County, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 1994, 11:14 PM CST for Covington County, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 27, 1994, 11:14 PM CST (05:14 UTC)
Expired: Nov 28, 1994, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Covington County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 280517
TORJAN
MSC031-065-280600-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1114 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...COVINGTON COUNTY...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON.DAVIS COUNTY
 
AT 1115 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO WERE ABOUT FIVE MILES
WEST BASSFIELD...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
IT WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF BASSFIELD AND SEMINARY DURING THE
NEXT 45 MINUTES.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET UgNDER STURDY FURNITURE.
USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD.
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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 27, 10:59 PM CST, 15 minutes before

ALC119-MSC023-069-075-280700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1059 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994

THIS IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MERIDIAN. AT 1055CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI 15 MI WIDE EXTENDING FROM 5
MILES NE OF BAY SPRINGS TO 15 MILES NE OF SCOOBA. THE LINE IS MOVING TO
THE ENE AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT STRONG
WINDS HEAVY RAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.THIS
LINE WILL MOVE ACROSS CLARKE, LAUDERDALE,SUMTER CO IN AL, AND E KEMPER
COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

Special weather statement, Nov 27, 11:03 PM CST, 11 minutes before

ALC119-MSC023-069-075-280700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1059 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994

THIS IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MERIDIAN. AT 1055CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI 15 MI WIDE EXTENDING FROM 5
MILES NE OF BAY SPRINGS TO 15 MILES NE OF SCOOBA. THE LINE IS MOVING TO
THE ENE AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF TSHIS STORM CAN EXPECT STRONG
WINDS HEAVY RAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.THIS
LINE WILL MOVE ACROSS CLARKE, LAUDERDALE,SUMTER CO IN AL, AND E KEMPER
COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

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, 7:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds	39 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, 11:44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.