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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Jackson, MS

April 20, 1995Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1995, 4:24 AM CDT for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 1995, 4:24 AM CDT (09:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 1995, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Ashley County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 1995-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 165 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1995-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
165 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 200926
SVRJAN
ARC003-201015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
424 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...ASHLEY COUNTY
 
AT 416 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND
POTENTIAL WAS INDICATED BY RADAR EAST IF BOLDING IN UNION COUNTY. THIS
 
THESE STORMS WILL MOVE NEAR THE WHITE...CROSSETT...HAMBURG AND BERLIN
COMMUNITIES BEFORE 5AM.
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN
CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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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, Apr 20, 3:41 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
340 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995

TIME (CST)    LOCATION           REPORT

ESTIMATED
232 AM        3N BASTROP LA      TREES DOWN ON SOME HOUSES... SOME
:              MOREHOUSE PARISH   INJURIES...INCOMPLETE REPORT

310 AM        EUDORA AR          SPOTTER REPORTS 60-65 MPH WINDS
              CHICOT CO          CAR BLOWN OFF ROAD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley, Chicot25 min
Apr 20, 3:17 AM CDTTornado WarningJANChicot28 min
Apr 20, 5:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley42 min
Apr 20, 1:51 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAshley, Chicot54 min
Apr 20, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChicot50 min

Nearby

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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.