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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Jackson, MS

May 9, 1995Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1995, 9:24 PM CDT for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Forrest County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3211 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
3211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 100226
SVRJAN
MSC035-100315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
924 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN FORREST COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR JUST NORTH OF POPLARVILLE
AT 920 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES
AND HOUR AND WILL ENTER SOUTHERN FORREST COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 15
MINUTES.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE W"ARNING.  REMAIN
CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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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.