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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Jackson, MS

March 6, 1995Sharkey County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1995, 6:13 PM CST for Sharkey County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 1995, 6:13 PM CST (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1995, 7:00 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Sharkey County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 1995-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1231 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 1995-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 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
1231 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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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

Local storm report, Mar 6, 1:10 PM CST, 5 hours 3 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, 1:14 PM CST, 4 hours 59 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, 3 hours 22 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, 3 hours 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 6:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey51 min
Mar 6, 6:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower31 min
Mar 7, 3:33 AM CSTTornado WarningJANWarren27 min
Mar 7, 3:43 AM CSTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Yazoo32 min
Mar 7, 6:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena36 min
Mar 7, 7:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw27 min
Mar 7, 8:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll32 min
Mar 7, 8:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams30 min
Mar 7, 8:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson36 min
Mar 7, 9:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin51 min
Mar 7, 9:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne53 min
Mar 7, 9:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah42 min
Mar 7, 9:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren51 min
Mar 7, 9:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANPike47 min
Mar 7, 9:46 AM CSTTornado WarningJANWarren44 min
Mar 7, 9:48 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLawrence42 min
Mar 7, 9:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds54 min
Mar 7, 9:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln33 min
Mar 7, 10:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis45 min
Mar 7, 10:03 AM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds42 min
Mar 7, 10:06 AM CSTTornado WarningJANPike39 min
Mar 7, 10:09 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson36 min
Mar 7, 10:18 AM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin42 min
Mar 7, 10:21 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington54 min
Mar 7, 10:24 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith51 min
Mar 7, 10:31 AM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison44 min
Mar 7, 10:37 AM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest23 min
Mar 7, 10:40 AM CSTTornado WarningJANScott50 min
Mar 7, 10:42 AM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison63 min
Mar 7, 10:45 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis45 min
Mar 7, 10:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones55 min
Mar 7, 10:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWalthall36 min
Mar 7, 11:00 AM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin30 min
Mar 7, 11:13 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith47 min
Mar 7, 11:15 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Newton60 min
Mar 7, 11:18 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington42 min
Mar 7, 11:21 AM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar54 min
Mar 7, 11:37 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNewton68 min
Mar 7, 11:38 AM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys52 min
Mar 7, 11:44 AM CSTTornado WarningJANMarion31 min
Mar 7, 11:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones67 min
Mar 7, 11:57 AM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Leflore48 min
Mar 7, 12:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll51 min
Mar 7, 12:13 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest32 min
Mar 7, 12:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale61 min
Mar 7, 12:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar13 min
Mar 7, 12:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke65 min
Mar 7, 12:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWayne62 min
Mar 7, 12:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery54 min
Mar 7, 12:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke64 min
Mar 7, 1:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee69 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.