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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Jackson, MS

March 15, 1995Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 1995, 1:59 PM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 1995, 1:59 PM CST (19:59 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 1995, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Jones County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 152000 RRA
SVRMEI
MSC067-152100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
159 PM CST WED MAR 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...JONES COUNTY
 
AT 200 PM MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF LAUREL AND 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAUREL
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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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 15, 12:25 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT          ...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1225 PM CST FRI MAR 15 1995

TIME (CST)    LOCATION        REPORT

1125AM        SE AMITE CO.    NICKEL SIZE HAIL FROM ROAD CREW.
                              PIKE CD.

1155AM        5 MILES SOUTH   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FROM C.D.
              TYLERTOWN
              WALTHALL CO.

Local storm report, Mar 15, 12:26 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT          ...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1225 PM CST FRI MAR 15 1995

TIME (CST)    LOCATION        REPORT

1125AM        SE AMITE CO.    NICKEL SIZE HAIL FROM ROAD CREW.
                              PIKE CD.

1155AM        5 MILES SOUTH   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FROM C.D.
              TYLERTOWN
              WALTHALL CO.

Local storm report, Mar 15, 12:55 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT          ...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1255 PM CST FRI MAR 15 1995

TIME (CST)    LOCATION        REPORT

1125AM        SE AMITE CO.    NICKEL SIZE HAIL FROM ROAD CREW.
                              PIKE CD.

1155AM        5 MILES SOUTH   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FROM C.D.
              TYLERTOWN
              WALTHALL CO.

1230PM        LAWRENCE CO.    PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL SOUTH OF
                 T             MONTICELLO AND MOTH BALLS SIZE NORTH
                              OF MONTICELLO.

1232PM         LINCOLN CO.    PEA SIZE HAIL NR RUTH.
1240PM         JEFF DAVIS CO. MARBLE SIZE HAIL.

Local storm report, Mar 15, 1:05 PM CST, 54 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT          ...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
105 PM CST FRI MAR 15 1995

TIME (CST)    LOCATION        REPORT

1230PM        MARION/WALTHALL MAN STRUCK BY LTG. COND UNK ENROUTE
              CO. LINE        TO HOSPITAL.  MARION C.D.

1255PM        IMPROVE         QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  MARION C.D.
              NE MARION CO.

Local storm report, Mar 15, 1:44 PM CST, 15 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT          ...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
145 PM CST WED MAR 15 1995

TIME (CST)    LOCATION        REPORT

105PM         LAMAR CO.       LRG MARBLE SIZE HAIL NE PURVIS.
                              LRG MARBLE SIZE HAIL 6W PURVIS.
                              3/4 INCH SIZE NR PURVIS.
                              FM HATTIESBURG EOC.

Local storm report, Mar 15, 1:45 PM CST, 14 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT          ...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
145 PM CST WED MAR 15 1995

TIME (CST)    LOCATION        REPORT

105PM         LAMAR CO.       LRG MARBLE SIZE HAIL NE PURVIS.
                              LRG MARBLE SIZE HAIL 6W PURVIS.
                              3/4 INCH SIZE NR PURVIS.
                              FM HATTIESBURG EOC.

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, 12:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	52 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, 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

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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.