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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Jackson, MS

May 8, 1995Rankin County, Simpson County, Mississippi

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1995-05-08Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1995-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
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

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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.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams42 min
May 8, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams31 min
May 8, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne32 min
May 8, 2:47 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Hinds43 min
May 8, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln53 min
May 8, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence53 min
May 8, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds54 min
May 8, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis42 min
May 8, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison43 min
May 8, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Smith47 min
May 8, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSimpson44 min
May 8, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott48 min
May 8, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANScott44 min
May 8, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Jones54 min
May 8, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Lamar51 min
May 8, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke52 min
May 8, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale43 min
May 8, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion34 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.