Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Jackson, MS

March 6, 1995Sunflower County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1995, 6:44 PM CST for Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 6, 1995, 6:44 PM CST (00:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 6, 1995, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Sunflower County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 305 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 313 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 367 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 070046 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC133-070115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
644 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY
 
AT 644 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
SOUTH OF INVERNESS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.  DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
<
 
 
N

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 34 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, 5 hours 30 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 53 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 51 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, 6:22 PM CST, 22 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
620  PM CST MON MAR 6 1995

TIME (CST)    LOCATION               REPORT

151 PM        RICHLAND            DIME SIZE HAIL.  RICHLAND PD.
              RANKIN COUNTY

309 PM        CLAIBORNE CO.       TREES DOWN ON NATCHEZ TRACE. HAIL SIZE
              RANKIN  COUNTY      UNKNOWN. FROM CD.

345 PM        SOUTH WARREN CO.    MARBLE SIZE HAIL.  WARREN 911.

405 PM        CRYSTAL SPRINGS     TORNADO EAST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS MOVG
              COPIAH CO.          TOWARD TERRY.  PUBLIC.

430 PM        CLINTON             ROOF ON HOUSE WAS PARTIALLY REMOVED AND
              HINDS CO.           DOG HOUSE DESTROYED.  FROM HAMS.
.
430 PM        NATCHEZ                  STREET FLOODING...BRIDGES FLOODED
              ADAMS CO.                CARS FLOODED...AND MUD SLIDES.
                                       FROM NATCHEZ PD.

250 PM       5NE CARTHAGE              TREES DOWN ON HIWAY 35. FROM
             LEAKE CO.                 HMT ON THE ROAD.

418 PM       3N CLINTON                FUNNEL CLOUD NO DEBRIS ON
             HINDS CO.                 GROUND. PEA SIZE HAIL. HINDS EOC.

420 PM       EAGLE LAKE                PORCH BLOWN OFF TRAILER.
             WARREN CO.                WARREEN EOC.

430 PM       HAWKINS FIELD             PEA SIZE HAIL. FROM PUBLIC.
             HINDS CO.

550 PM       7SE BENTON                DIME SIZE HAIL STRONG WINDS.
             YAZOO CO.                 FROM PUBLIC.

607 PM       DELTA CITY                GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND FUNNEL
             SHARKEY CO.               CLOUD. GREENVILLE TV STATION.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 6, 6:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey	51 min
Mar 6, 6:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sharkey	47 min
Mar 7, 3:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Warren	27 min
Mar 7, 3:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Yazoo	32 min
Mar 7, 6:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	36 min
Mar 7, 7:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw	27 min
Mar 7, 8:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll	32 min
Mar 7, 8:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	30 min
Mar 7, 8:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson	36 min
Mar 7, 9:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	51 min
Mar 7, 9:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne	53 min
Mar 7, 9:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	42 min
Mar 7, 9:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	51 min
Mar 7, 9:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Pike	47 min
Mar 7, 9:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Warren	44 min
Mar 7, 9:48 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence	42 min
Mar 7, 9:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	54 min
Mar 7, 9:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	33 min
Mar 7, 10:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	45 min
Mar 7, 10:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds	42 min
Mar 7, 10:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Pike	39 min
Mar 7, 10:09 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson	36 min
Mar 7, 10:18 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	42 min
Mar 7, 10:21 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington	54 min
Mar 7, 10:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	51 min
Mar 7, 10:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	44 min
Mar 7, 10:37 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	23 min
Mar 7, 10:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Scott	50 min
Mar 7, 10:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	63 min
Mar 7, 10:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	45 min
Mar 7, 10:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	55 min
Mar 7, 10:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Walthall	36 min
Mar 7, 11:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	30 min
Mar 7, 11:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	47 min
Mar 7, 11:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton	60 min
Mar 7, 11:18 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington	42 min
Mar 7, 11:21 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	54 min
Mar 7, 11:37 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Newton	68 min
Mar 7, 11:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys	52 min
Mar 7, 11:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	31 min
Mar 7, 11:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	67 min
Mar 7, 11:57 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Leflore	48 min
Mar 7, 12:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll	51 min
Mar 7, 12:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	32 min
Mar 7, 12:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	61 min
Mar 7, 12:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar	13 min
Mar 7, 12:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	65 min
Mar 7, 12:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Wayne	62 min
Mar 7, 12:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	54 min
Mar 7, 12:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	64 min
Mar 7, 1:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	69 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1995 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.