Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1995, 3:47 PM CDT for Rankin County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1995, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 29 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 082049 SVRJAN MSC089-121-127-082130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 347 PM CDT MON MAY 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY...RANKIN COUNTY...SIMPSON COUNTY AT 346 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WEST JACKSON TO FLORENCE TO PINOLA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE MADISON...BRANDON...AND MENDENHALL AREAS BY 410 PM. 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. <
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 42 min |
| May 8, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 31 min |
| May 8, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 32 min |
| May 8, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds | 43 min |
| May 8, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 53 min |
| May 8, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 53 min |
| May 8, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 54 min |
| May 8, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 42 min |
| May 8, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 43 min |
| May 8, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 47 min |
| May 8, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 44 min |
| May 8, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 48 min |
| May 8, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 44 min |
| May 8, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 54 min |
| May 8, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Lamar | 51 min |
| May 8, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 52 min |
| May 8, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 43 min |
| May 8, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 34 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.