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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Jackson, MS

April 22, 1995Humphreys County, Sharkey County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1995, 4:38 AM CDT for Humphreys County, Sharkey County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 4:38 AM CDT (09:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1995, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Humphreys County, MS, Sharkey County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 5:30 AM CDTTornado F1Sharkey, MSThe tornado began in Sharkey County, 5 Southwest of Redrocck and moved through Delta National Forest. The tornado moved into Yazoo County at 0436 CST, and ended four miles southeast of Holly Bluff. The tornado damaged 20 to 35 acres of trees.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 1995-04-22Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
2058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 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 220939
SVRJAN
MSC053-125-221030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
438 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HUMPHREYS COUNTY...SHARKEY COUNTY
 
AT 437AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED NEAR PANTHER BURN MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WAS GROWING AND SPREADING SOUTHWARD AS
WELL TOWARD ANGUILLA.
 
 
 
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
Apr 22, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena49 min
Apr 22, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington52 min
Apr 22, 4:57 AM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena33 min
Apr 22, 5:15 AM CDTTornado WarningJANSharkey30 min
Apr 22, 5:35 AM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo40 min
Apr 22, 5:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren38 min
Apr 22, 5:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison34 min
Apr 22, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes50 min
Apr 22, 6:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds43 min
Apr 22, 6:28 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison32 min
Apr 22, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake41 min
Apr 22, 7:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin44 min
Apr 22, 7:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson46 min
Apr 22, 8:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith56 min
Apr 22, 9:17 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Warren58 min
Apr 22, 10:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Jefferson66 min
Apr 22, 10:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison47 min
Apr 22, 10:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin44 min
Apr 22, 10:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar61 min
Apr 22, 11:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Jefferson3 hr
Apr 22, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson59 min
Apr 22, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren63 min
Apr 22, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne31 min
Apr 22, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion26 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.