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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Jackson, MS

May 15, 1995Washington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 3:31 PM CDT for Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 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 1995-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2367 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1995-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 152032
SVRJAN
MSC015-151-152115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
331 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 330 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING HAIL WAS INDICATED JUST
NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM
AT 330 PM.
 
AN OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTH CARROLL COUNTY...SOUTH
OF AVALON.
 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada29 min
May 15, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery52 min
May 15, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar49 min
May 15, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll44 min
May 15, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Leflore, Montgomery45 min
May 15, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington50 min
May 15, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala52 min
May 15, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes49 min
May 15, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Winston42 min
May 15, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar68 min
May 15, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena62 min
May 15, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper35 min
May 15, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar51 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.