Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 7:53 AM CST for Adams County, Jefferson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 1995, 7:53 AM CST (13:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1995, 8:31 AM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, MS, Jefferson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 534 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 061355 RRA SVRJAN MSC001-063-061445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 753 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED NEAR DEER PARK IN CONCORDIA PARISH...MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 65 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR NATCHEZ...WASHINGTON AND FAYETTE SHORTLY. 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. <
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, Jan 6, 2:00 AM CST, 5 hours 53 minutes before
MSZ001>052-061800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 200 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...WINTER STORM WARNING DOWNGRADED TO WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO COLUMBUS. A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN TEXAS HAS PRODUCED WARM SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE REGION. THIS HAS WARMED TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI...ELIMINATING THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET FOR THESE AREAS. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED MORE SLOWLY OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. IT MAY BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN... FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE AS THE ATMOSPHERE UNDERGOES WARMING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS. THE POTENTIAL FOR ICING IS MOST DANGEROUS FOR EARLY MORNING MOTORISTS AS EVEN THE SLIGHTEST AMOUNT OF ICE CAN CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. LIGHT ICING IS POSSIBLE ON ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING FRIDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WARMER AIR TO ALL OF THE STATE BY MIDMORNING FRIDAY...CHANGING PRECIPITATION TO RAIN STATEWIDE. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MORE UNSTABLE.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 2:14 AM CST, 5 hours 39 minutes before
MSZ001>052-061800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 200 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...WINTER STORM WARNING DOWNGRADED TO WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO COLUMBUS. A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN TEXAS HAS PRODUCED WARM SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE REGION. THIS HAS WARMED TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI...ELIMINATING THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET FOR THESE AREAS. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED MORE SLOWLY OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. IT MAY BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF RAIN... FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE AS THE ATMOSPHERE UNDERGOES WARMING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS. THE POTENTIAL FOR ICING IS MOST DANGEROUS FOR EARLY MORNING MOTORISTS AS EVEN THE SLIGHTEST AMOUNT OF ICE CAN CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. LIGHT ICING IS POSSIBLE ON ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING FRIDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WARMER AIR TO ALL OF THE STATE BY MIDMORNING FRIDAY...CHANGING PRECIPITATION TO RAIN STATEWIDzE. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MORE UNSTABLE.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 7:28 AM CST, 25 minutes before
MSZ001>082-061430- SHORT TERM FORECAST AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 728 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MID-MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH #1 FOR CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA PARISHES TIL NOON... A VERY DYNAMIC WEATHER AND POTENTIAL DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE LOCATED ACROSS ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS NEAR 7AM THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 65 MILES AN HOUR. . STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING VERY DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. A WINNTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MID-MORNING. DUE TO THE RAPID WARMING OF THE AIR AT AND ABOVE THE SURFACE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE CANCELLED LATER THIS MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR CONCORDIA AND CATAHOULA PARISHES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ALEXANDRIA AROUND 715 AM THIS MORNING WILL MOVE INTO THESE PARISHES WITHIN THE HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ...THIS STATEMENT WAS ORIGINALLY TRANSMITTED AS A SHORT TERM FORECAST UNDER JANNOWJAN... /
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 7:42 AM CST, 11 minutes before
MSZ001>082-061430- SHORT TERM FORECAST AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 728 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MID-MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH #1 FOR CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA PARISHES TIL NOON... A VERY DYNAMIC WEATHER AND POTENTIAL DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE LOCATED ACROSS ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS NEAR 7AM THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 65 MILES AN HOUR. . STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING VERY DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. A WINNTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MID-MORNING. DUE TO THE RAPID WARMING OF THE AIR AT AND ABOVE THE SURFACE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE CANCELLED LATER THIS MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR CONCORDIA AND CATAHOULA PARISHES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ALEXANDRIA AROUND 715 AM THIS MORNING WILL MOVE INTO THESE PARISHES WITHIN THE HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ...THIS STATEMENT WAS ORIGINALLY TRANSMITTED AS A SHORT TERM FORECAST UNDER JANNOWJAN...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 8:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 43 min |
| Jan 6, 8:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tallahatchie | 41 min |
| Jan 6, 9:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 30 min |
| Jan 6, 9:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 36 min |
| Jan 6, 10:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 64 min |
| Jan 6, 10:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore | 26 min |
| Jan 6, 11:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite | 32 min |
| Jan 6, 11:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite, Lincoln, Pike | 48 min |
| Jan 6, 12:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 33 min |
| Jan 6, 12:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 54 min |
| Jan 6, 1:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 58 min |
| Jan 6, 1:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 55 min |
| Jan 6, 1:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 25 min |
| Jan 6, 1:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 49 min |
| Jan 6, 2:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 28 min |
| Jan 6, 2:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 63 min |
| Jan 6, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Wayne | 40 min |
| Jan 6, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wayne | 48 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.