Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 1995, 12:23 PM CST for Lawrence County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 1995, 12:23 PM CST (18:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 1995, 1:15 PM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lawrence County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 151825 RRA SVRJAN MSC077-151915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1223 PM CST WED MAR 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 1223PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 3 MILES EAST OF MONTICELLO MOVING NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. 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. <
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 15, 10:00 AM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
MSZ001>082-160400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST WED MAR 15 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS LOCATED BETWEEN SHREVEPORT AND LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. COLD AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WAS ALREADY MAKING THE ATMOSPHERE UNSTABLE ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ARE ALREADY NOTED OVER SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE UPPER 60S AND THE COLD AIR ALOFT WILL MAKE THE ATMOSPHERE EVEN MORE UNSTABLE ACROSS THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOPE ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH OF A NATCHEZ TO LAUREL TO WAYNESBORO LINE. THE MAIN THREAT FORM THESE WILL BE LARGE HAIL. EMERGENCY MANAGMENT...SPOTTER AND HAM RADIO PERSONEL SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE ACTIVATED FOR WEATHER CONCERNS THROUGH TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Mar 15, 10:02 AM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
MSZ001>082-160400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST WED MAR 15 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS LOCATED BETWEEN SHREVEPORT AND LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. COLD AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WAS ALREADY MAKING THE ATMOSPHERE UNSTABLE ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ARE ALREADY NOTED OVER SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE UPPER 60S AND THE COLD AIR ALOFT WILL MAKE THE ATMOSPHERE EVEN MORE UNSTABLE ACROSS THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOPE ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH OF A NATCHEZ TO LAUREL TO WAYNESBORO LINE. THE MAIN THREAT FORM THESE WILL BE LARGE HAIL. EMERGENCY MANAGMENT...SPOTTER AND HAM RADIO PERSONEL SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE ACTIVATED FOR WEATHER CONCERNS THROUGH TONIGHT.
Local storm report, Mar 15, 11:42 AM CST, 41 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1140AM CST FRI MAR 15 1995
TIME (CST) LOCATION REPORT
1125PM SE AMITE CO. NICKEL SIZE HAIL FROM ROAD CREW.
PIKE CD.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 11:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 11:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 71 min |
| Mar 15, 11:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Walthall | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 12:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 12:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 12:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 1:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 1:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 1:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 61 min |
| Mar 15, 2:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 2:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 56 min |
| Mar 15, 3:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 63 min |
| Mar 15, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 60 min |
| Mar 15, 4:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 66 min |
| Mar 15, 5:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 56 min |
| Mar 15, 5:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 67 min |
| Mar 15, 5:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Every 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.