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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jackson, MS

March 25, 1994Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 1994, 12:35 AM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 1994, 12:35 AM CST (06:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 1994, 1:00 AM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Forrest County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1994-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2299 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1994-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2299 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 250637
TORJAN
MSC035-250700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1235 AM CST FRI MAR 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN FORREST COUNTY
 
AT 1233 AM...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR THE LAMAR...FORREST
COUNTY LINE...EAST OF LUMBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
PERSONS IN BROOKLYN SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
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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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, Mar 24, 10:18 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
MSZALL-250100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1015 PM CST THU MAR 24 1994

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 35 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.  HOWEVER A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 7:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite, Pike40 min
Mar 24, 7:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln39 min
Mar 24, 7:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANPike45 min
Mar 24, 10:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWilkinson29 min
Mar 24, 10:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite, Wilkinson31 min
Mar 24, 11:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANPike32 min
Mar 24, 11:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANPike, Walthall46 min
Mar 25, 12:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion40 min
Mar 25, 12:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest34 min

Nearby

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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.