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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

January 18, 1995Hinds County, Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1995, 3:14 PM CST for Hinds County, Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 1995, 3:14 PM CST (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Jan 18, 1995, 4:00 PM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 12:00Z on 1995-01-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 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 KJAN 182115 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC049-089-182200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
314 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HINDS COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 313 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
INTO THESE COUNTIES FROM THE WEST.
 
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 2:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite, Pike52 min
Jan 18, 2:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey54 min
Jan 18, 2:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo51 min
Jan 18, 2:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren51 min
Jan 18, 3:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Leflore45 min
Jan 18, 3:06 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Leflore54 min
Jan 18, 3:20 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll40 min
Jan 18, 3:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANGrenada, Montgomery52 min
Jan 18, 3:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWebster48 min
Jan 18, 4:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite, Pike54 min
Jan 18, 4:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Simpson47 min
Jan 18, 5:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANPike26 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.