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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Jackson, MS

March 15, 1995Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 1995, 4:00 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 1995, 4:00 PM CST (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 1995, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Lauderdale County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 152200
SVRMEI
MSC075-152300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
400 PM CST WED MAR 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY
 
AT 400 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3
MILES SOUTH OF MERIDIAN MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
 
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 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, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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

TIME (CST)    LOCATION        REPORT

130PM         LAMAR CO.       BETWEEN OAK GROVE AND PURVIS. DIME SIZE
                              HAIL FROM HAMS.

155PM         SIMPSON CO.     NICKEL SIZE HAIL 6 MILES SOUTH OF
                              HARRISVILLE. FROM PUBLIC.

200PM         MAGEE           PENNY SIZE HAIL NR MAGEE. FROM HAMS.
              SIMPSON CO.

210PM         RANKIN CO.      QUARTER SIZE HAIL 5 NW PUCKETT. NWS
                              SECTY SON.

Local storm report, Mar 15, 2:16 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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

TIME (CST)    LOCATION        REPORT

130PM         LAMAR CO.       BETWEEN OAK GROVE AND PURVIS. DIME SIZE
                              HAIL FROM HAMS.

155PM         SIMPSON CO.     NICKEL SIZE HAIL 6 MILES SOUTH OF
                              HARRISVILLE. FROM PUBLIC.

200PM         MAGEE           PENNY SIZE HAIL NR MAGEE. FROM HAMS.
              SIMPSON CO.

210PM         RANKIN CO.      QUARTER SIZE HAIL 5 NW PUCKETT. NWS
                              SECTY SON.

Local storm report, Mar 15, 2:25 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS

Local storm report, Mar 15, 3:25 PM CST, 35 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT.......CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
325 PM CST WED MAR 15 1995

TIME (CST)     LOCATION          REPORT

215PM          JONES CO.         CD REPORTED NICKLE SIZE HAIL 9 MILES NW
                                 LAUREL
221PM                            NICKLE SIZE HAIL IN THE VCNTY OF PINE BELT
                                 AIRPORT
236PM                            DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES S ON HWY 15
243PM                            NICKLE SIZE HAIL AT AIRPORT IN LAUREL
                                 NICKLE SIZE HAIL SE LAUREL
                                 DIME SIZE HAIL AT ELLISVILLE

255PM          JASPER            DIME SIZE HAIL 4 MILES S OF STRINGER
                                 PEA SIZE HAIL 2 MILES W OF STRINGER

Local storm report, Mar 15, 3:39 PM CST, 21 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
325 PM CST WED MAR 15 1995

TIME (CST)     LOCATION          REPORT

215PM          JONES CO.         CD REPORTED NICKLE SIZE HAIL 38 MILES NW
                                 LAUREL
221PM                            NICKLE SIZE HAIL IN THE VCNTY OF PINE BELT
                                 AIRPORT
236PM                            DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES S ON HWY 15
243PM                            NICKLE SIZE HAIL AT AIRPORT IN LAUREL
                                 NICKLE SIZE HAIL SE LAUREL
                                 DIME SIZE HAIL AT ELLISVILLE
255PM          JASPER            DIME SIZE HAIL 4 MILES S OF STRINGER
          <                       PEA SIZE HAIL 2 MILES W OF STRINGER

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, 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, 4:09 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.