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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 265, NWS Jackson, MS

May 12, 1995Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1995, 7:02 AM CDT for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 12, 1995, 7:02 AM CDT (12:02 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 1995, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Forrest County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 939 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
939 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 5:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion52 min
May 12, 6:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar35 min
May 12, 7:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMarion5 hr
May 12, 8:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar5 hr
May 12, 6:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia30 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.