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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Jackson, MS

May 4, 1995Leake County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1995, 5:32 AM CDT for Leake County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 4, 1995, 5:32 AM CDT (10:32 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 1995, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Leake County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 1995-05-04Temperature 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 1995-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 416 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
793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
416 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
437 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 041035
SVRJAN
MSC079-041115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
532 AM CDT THU MAY 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LEAKE COUNTY
 
AT 530 AM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF THOMASTOWN. IT WAS MOVING EASTNORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE
STORM WILL PASS HIGHWAY 25 IN NORTHERN LEAKE COUNTY BY 550 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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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.