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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Jackson, MS

April 20, 1995Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1995, 5:48 AM CDT for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 1995, 5:48 AM CDT (10:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 1995, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Ashley County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 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

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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, 2 hours 7 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
Local storm report, Apr 20, 5:26 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
520 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995

TIME (CST)    LOCATION           REPORT

ESTIMATED
232 AM        NR BASTROP LA      UPDATED REPORT...APPARENT TORNADO
              MOREHOUSE PARISH   TOUCHDOWN NEAR SHELTON ROAD...3 HOUSES
                                 DESTROYED...3 PERSONS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
                                 FOR SUPERFICIAL INJURIES...NUMEROUS
                                 ROADS CLOSED DUE TO TREES AND POWER
                                 LINES DOWN...FROM KTVE IN MONROE LA

350 AM        BETWEEN WAYSIDE    DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER
                AND ARCOLA MS
              WASHINGTON CO

345 AM        GREENVILLE MS      WABG TV ESTIMATED 50-55 MPH WIND GUSTS
              WASHINGTON CO
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358 AM        TRIBBETT MS        GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY MHP
              WASHINGTON CO

430 AM        GREENVILLE MS      EST 60-65 MPH WIND GUSTS WITH TREE
              WASHINGTON CO      BRANCHES SNAPPED

450 AM        4W GREENWOOD MS    PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY MHP
              LEFLORE CO

454 AM        GREENWOOD MS       SPOTTERS TELEPHONED MHP WITH REPORT OF

        FUNNEL CLOUD OVER GREENWOOD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 2:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar28 min
Apr 20, 3:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington37 min
Apr 20, 3:29 AM CDTTornado WarningJANWashington31 min
Apr 20, 3:39 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Sunflower36 min
Apr 20, 4:16 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Leflore, Sunflower44 min
Apr 20, 5:01 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll44 min
Apr 20, 6:20 AM CDTTornado WarningJANSunflower25 min
Apr 20, 8:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams31 min
Apr 20, 9:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson49 min
Apr 20, 9:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo47 min
Apr 20, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey28 min
Apr 20, 1:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys44 min
Apr 20, 1:05 PM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena25 min
Apr 20, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson32 min
Apr 20, 1:21 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSharkey54 min
Apr 20, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo44 min
Apr 20, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Hinds51 min
Apr 20, 2:16 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLincoln44 min
Apr 20, 2:21 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Leflore54 min
Apr 20, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo46 min
Apr 20, 2:34 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah41 min
Apr 20, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds, Rankin53 min
Apr 20, 2:41 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes49 min
Apr 20, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison54 min
Apr 20, 3:14 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala46 min
Apr 20, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery42 min
Apr 20, 3:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin44 min
Apr 20, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes46 min
Apr 20, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWashington41 min
Apr 20, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala48 min
Apr 20, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake, Scott44 min
Apr 20, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena54 min
Apr 20, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Webster46 min
Apr 20, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSharkey, Washington52 min
Apr 20, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Sunflower53 min
Apr 20, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake31 min
Apr 20, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Warren54 min
Apr 20, 5:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys44 min
Apr 20, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeflore41 min
Apr 20, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChoctaw54 min
Apr 20, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNeshoba52 min
Apr 20, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo48 min
Apr 20, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll52 min
Apr 20, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWinston45 min
Apr 20, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Warren45 min
Apr 20, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo49 min
Apr 20, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNoxubee44 min
Apr 20, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMontgomery34 min
Apr 20, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Webster52 min
Apr 20, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds48 min
Apr 20, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWarren30 min
Apr 20, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes44 min
Apr 20, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo41 min
Apr 20, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison52 min
Apr 20, 2:08 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMorehouse52 min
Apr 20, 8:02 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCatahoula43 min
Apr 20, 8:18 AM CDTTornado WarningJANConcordia42 min
Apr 20, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland45 min
Apr 20, 11:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin54 min
Apr 20, 12:23 PM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison52 min
Apr 20, 2:27 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMorehouse48 min
Apr 20, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRichland50 min
Apr 20, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll47 min
Apr 20, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningJANFranklin, Richland41 min
Apr 20, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCatahoula31 min
Apr 20, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningJANFranklin, Tensas48 min
Apr 20, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison48 min
Apr 20, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley, Chicot25 min
Apr 20, 3:17 AM CDTTornado WarningJANChicot28 min
Apr 20, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley51 min
Apr 20, 1:51 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAshley, Chicot54 min
Apr 20, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChicot50 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.