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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Jackson, MS

April 22, 1995Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1995, 7:01 AM CDT for Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 7:01 AM CDT (12:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1995, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hinds County, MS, Rankin County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 12 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 1995-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1788 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 234 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1788 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
10.4

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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 22, 6:14 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
610 AM CDT FRI APR 21 1995

PRELIMINARY REPORTS FOR SATURDAY...APRIL 22 1995

TIME (CDT)    LOCATION           REPORT

515-518 AM    NEAR ROLLING FORK  DIME SIZE HAIL. REPORT FROM HAM RADIO
              SHARKEY CO.        NETWORK.

548 AM        YAZOO CITY         50-60 MPH WINDS. REPORT FROM YAZOO CITY
              YAZOO CO.          POLICE DEPT.

552 AM        YAZOO CITY         NICKLEl TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 55-60
                                 MPH WINDS. REPORT FROM YAZOO CITY P.D.

554 AM        4-5 E OF REDWOOD   PEA SIZE HAIL. REPORT FROM WARREN CO.
              WARREN CO.         911.

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, 4:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey52 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, 7:44 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
Apr 22, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse55 min
Apr 22, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWest Carroll46 min
Apr 22, 10:05 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia, Tensas55 min
Apr 22, 10:55 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCatahoula, Franklin, Tensas50 min
Apr 22, 11:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia3 hr

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.