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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Jackson, MS

May 15, 1995Issaquena County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 6:13 PM CDT for Issaquena County, Mississippi. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 1995, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Issaquena County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 152315
SVRJAN
MSC055-160015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
613 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...ISSAQUENA COUNTY
 
AT 610 PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MAYERSVILLE. IT WILL
BE MOVING SOUTH ALONG ROUTE ONE AND MOVE INTO THE COMMUNITIES OF FITLER
AND SHIPLAND. ALSO ALONG ROUTE 465 JUST WEST OF ALBERMARLE LAKE. THIS
STORM IS MOVING SOUTH BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH.
 
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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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 15, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
417 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995

THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR TUESDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT)    LOCATION               REPORT

315 PM        NEAR SHAW IN           GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
              SOUTHERN BOLIVAR       GROUND.  REPORTED BY LOCAL TV
              COUNTY MS              STATION.

330 PM        NORTHERN GREENVILLE    QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  REPORTED AT
              CITY LIMITS IN         LOCAL TV STATION IN GREENVILLE.
              WASHINGTON COUNTY
              MS

336 PM        GREENVILLE IN          GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
              WASHINGTON COUNTY MS   AT LOCAL TELEVISION STATION IN
                                     GREENVILLE.
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345 PM TO     NORTHERN CARROLLTON    NICKEL TO GOLFBALL SIZE
400 PM        IN CARROLL COUNTY MS   HAIL REPORTED BY SHERRIFFS
                                     DEPUTIES ALONG MS HWY 35
                    f                 NORTH OF CARROLLTON AS WELL
                                     AS AT THE SHERRIFFS OFFICE IN
                                     CARROLLTON.

Local storm report, May 15, 4:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TRANSMIT DATE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
417 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1995

THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR TUESDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT)    LOCATION               REPORT

315 PM        NEAR SHAW IN           GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
              SOUTHERN BOLIVAR       GROUND.  REPORTED BY LOCAL TV
              COUNTY MS              STATION.

330 PM        NORTHERN GREENVILLE    QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  REPORTED AT
              CITY LIMITS IN         LOCAL TV STATION IN GREENVILLE.
              WASHINGTON COUNTY
              MS

336 PM        GREENVILLE IN          GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
              WASHINGTON COUNTY MS   AT LOCAL TELEVISION STATION IN
                                     GREENVILLE.
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345 PM TO     NORTHERN CARROLLTON    NICKEL TO GOLFBALL SIZE
400 PM        IN CARROLL COUNTY MS   HAIL REPORTED BY SHERRIFFS
                                     DEPUTIES ALOtNG MS HWY 35
                                     NORTH OF CARROLLTON AS WELL
                                     AS AT THE SHERRIFFS OFFICE IN
                                     CARROLLTON.

Local storm report, May 15, 4:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TRANSMIT DATE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
417 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995

THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR MONDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT)    LOCATION               REPORT

315 PM        NEAR SHAW IN           GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
              SOUTHERN BOLIVAR       GROUND.  REPORTED BY LOCAL TV
              COUNTY MS              STATION.

330 PM        NORTHERN GREENVILLE    QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  REPORTED AT
              CITY LIMITS IN         LOCAL TV STATION IN GREENVILLE.
              WASHINGTON COUNTY
              MS

336 PM        GREENVILLE IN          GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
              WASHINGTON COUNTY MS   AT LOCAL TELEVISION STATION IN
                                     GREENVILLE.
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345 PM TO     NORTHERN CARROLLTON    NICKEL TO GOLFBALL SIZE
400 PM        IN CARROLL COUNTY MS   HAIL REPORTED BY SHERRIFFS
                                     DEPUTIES ALON~G MS HWY 35
                                     NORTH OF CARROLLTON AS WELL
                                     AS AT THE SHERRIFFS OFFICE IN
                                     CARROLLTON.

Local storm report, May 15, 5:38 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
538 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995

THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR MONDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT)    LOCATION               REPORT

520 PM        SOUTH OF ETHEL AND     REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
              NEW HOPE IN ATTALLA    ALONG HWY 19 AND 14 SOUTH OF THE
              COUNTY MS              ETHEL COMMUNITY.  SEVERAL TREES
                                     WERE ALSO DOWNED IN NEW HOPpE
                                     AT THE SAME TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada	29 min
May 15, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	52 min
May 15, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	49 min
May 15, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll	44 min
May 15, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	44 min
May 15, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore, Montgomery	45 min
May 15, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	50 min
May 15, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala	52 min
May 15, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes	49 min
May 15, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Winston	42 min
May 15, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	68 min
May 15, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	35 min
May 15, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar	51 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.