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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 1994, 11:44 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 1994, 11:44 PM CST (05:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 1994, 12:45 AM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lauderdale County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 KMEI 280551 TORMEI MSC075-280645- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1144 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY AT 1147 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF MERIDIAN NEAR HWY 45 ALONG THE LAUDERDALE AND CLARKE COUNTY LINE MOVING NE AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO SHOULD MOVE INTO THE VICINITY OF WYNOTTE. 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. <
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, 45 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, 41 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, 11:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 46 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.