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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Jackson, MS

April 30, 1995Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1995, 5:45 AM CDT for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min.

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The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 1995, 5:45 AM CDT (10:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 1995, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Hinds County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 1995-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 641 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
641 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 301046
SVRJAN
MSC049-301130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
545 AM CDT SUN APR 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HINDS COUNTY
 
AT 544 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF EDWARDS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR BOLTON
BY 615 AM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 5:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren28 min
Apr 30, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne40 min
Apr 30, 6:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin44 min
Apr 30, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah26 min
Apr 30, 7:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson58 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.