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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Jackson, MS

March 6, 1995Neshoba County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1995, 3:11 PM CST for Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 1995, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1995, 4:15 PM CST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Neshoba County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 12:00Z on 1995-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 853 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1995-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
853 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 062112 RRA
SVRMEI
MSC099-062215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
311 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NESHOBA COUNTY
 
AT 307 PM CST RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 12 MILES
SOUTH AND 1 MILE SOUTH OF PHILADELPHIA MISSISSIPPI MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 6, 9:44 AM CST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
MSZ001>082-070400-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
945 AM CST MON MAR 6 1995

...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...
...CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS FOR NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THIS
EVENING...AND WEST OF A COLUMBUS AND POPLARVILLE LINE LATE TONIGHT...

AN EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE MAGNOLIA
STATE TODAY.  A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...COMBINED WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES FROM THE SOUTHWEST U.S. AND
SOUTHERN TEXAS WILL SERVE TO PROVIDE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IN MISSISSIPPI.

AT THIS TIME...THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCLUDE PARTS OF
NORTHWEST...THEN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS EVENING...WITH THE
REMAINDER OF THE STATE INCLUDED LATE TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY.
.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED TORNADIC ACTIVITY IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.  HEAVY RAINFALL
ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLIZED
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PASS OVER THE SAME
AREA.

A LESSER CHANCE OF ISOLATED STRONG...POTENTIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
ALSO OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...AS MORE SUNSHINE
IS EXPECTED TO DESTABLIZE THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THAT AREA.

ACTIVATION OF CIVIL DEFENSE COORDINATORS...HAM AND SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL
LI&KELY BE REQUESTED FOR LATE TONIGHT...AND POSSIBLY INTO EARLY TUESDAY.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 9:45 AM CST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
MSZ001>082-070400-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
945 AM CST MON MAR 6 1995

...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...
...CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS FOR NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THIS
EVENING...AND WEST OF A COLUMBUS AND POPLARVILLE LINE LATE TONIGHT...

AN EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE MAGNOLIA
STATE TODAY.  A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...COMBINED WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES FROM THE SOUTHWEST U.S. AND
SOUTHERN TEXAS WILL SERVE TO PROVIDE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IN MISSISSIPPI.

AT THIS TIME...THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCLUDE PARTS OF
NORTHWEST...THEN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS EVENING...WITH THE
REMAINDER OF THE STATE INCLUDED LATE TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY.
.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED TORNADIC ACTIVITY IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.  HEAVY RAINFALL
ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLIZED
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PASS OVER THE SAME
AREA.

A LESSER CHANCE OF ISOLATED STRONG...POTENTIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
ALSO OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...AS MORE SUNSHINE
IS EXPECTED TO DESTABLIZE THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THAT AREA.

ACTIVATION OF CIVIL DEFENSE COORDINATORS...HAM AND SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL
LIKELY BE REQUESTED FOR LATE TONIGHT...AND POSSIBLY INTO EARLY TUESDAY.
Local storm report, Mar 6, 1:10 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
110 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995

109 PM CST...JONES COUNTY CD REPORTS NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGE
             TO PATROL CAR IN WESTERN LAUREL MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Mar 6, 1:14 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
110 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995

109 PM CST...JONES COUNTY CD REPORTS NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGE
             TO PATROL CAR IN WESTERN LAUREL MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Mar 6, 2:51 PM CST, 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
251 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995

245 PM CST...LAUDERDALE CD REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL AND STRONG
             WINDS 5 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Mar 6, 2:53 PM CST, 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
251 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995

245 PM CST...LAUDERDALE CD REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL AND STRONG
             WINDS 5 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 12:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence46 min
Mar 6, 12:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones56 min
Mar 6, 1:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson53 min
Mar 6, 1:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper55 min
Mar 6, 1:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Smith32 min
Mar 6, 1:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith27 min
Mar 6, 1:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren48 min
Mar 6, 1:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin43 min
Mar 6, 1:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott47 min
Mar 6, 2:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke68 min
Mar 6, 2:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale61 min
Mar 6, 2:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake40 min
Mar 6, 2:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton65 min
Mar 6, 2:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence34 min
Mar 6, 2:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren42 min
Mar 6, 3:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne51 min
Mar 6, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper59 min
Mar 6, 3:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys43 min
Mar 6, 3:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds49 min
Mar 6, 3:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren41 min
Mar 6, 4:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds34 min
Mar 6, 4:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery39 min
Mar 6, 4:32 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison43 min
Mar 6, 4:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada37 min
Mar 6, 5:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys28 min
Mar 6, 5:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison36 min
Mar 6, 5:14 PM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo46 min
Mar 6, 5:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore41 min
Mar 6, 5:36 PM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo54 min
Mar 6, 5:58 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes47 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.