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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Jackson, MS

January 18, 1995Amite County, Pike County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1995, 4:06 PM CST for Amite County, Pike County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 1995, 4:06 PM CST (22:06 UTC)
Expired
Jan 18, 1995, 5:00 PM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Amite County, MS, Pike County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-01-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 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 
WUUS1 KJAN 182208 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC005-113-182300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
406 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...AMITE COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GILLSBURG AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS
THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE OVER SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL
AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

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, 3:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison46 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, 4:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Simpson47 min
Jan 18, 5:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANPike26 min

Nearby

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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.