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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Jackson, MS

May 8, 1995Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1995, 5:32 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 8, 1995, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lauderdale County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 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, 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°0°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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 8, 3:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
337 PM CDT MON MAY 8 1995

TIME (CDT)    LOCATION           REPORT

335 PM        3 S CLINTON        THUNDERSTORM WIND DESTROYED MOBILE HOME
              HINDS CO.          WAS NOT A TORNADO.
Local storm report, May 8, 4:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
410 PM CDT MON MAY 8 1995

TIME (CDT)    LOCATION           REPORT

330 PM        3E MCCALL CREEK    NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN
              LINCOLN CO.        ALONG HIWAY 84
Local storm report, May 8, 4:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
422 PM CDT MON MAY 8 1995

TIME (CDT)    LOCATION           REPORT

414 PM        PINOLA             SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN AND
              SIM6PSON CO.        A CHICKEN HOUSE DESTROYED
Local storm report, May 8, 4:40 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 8, 4:52 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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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 WarningJANRankin, Simpson43 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, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion34 min
May 8, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia49 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.