Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 7:39 PM CDT for Clarke County, Jasper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1995, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1995, 8:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clarke County, MS, Jasper County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.8
- Supercell composite
- -5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 160041 SVRJAN MSC023-061-160130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 739 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...CLARKE COUNTY...EASTERN JASPER COUNTY AT 735 PM DOPPLAR RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING HAIL. THIS WAS DETECTED APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES NORTHWEST OF ROSEHILL. IT WAS MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSEHILL...ENTERPRISE AND STONEWALL AS WELL AS ROUTES 59...18...AND 513 BETWEEN 745 AND 830 PM 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. <
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, 3 hours 21 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, 3 hours 18 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, 3 hours 17 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, 2 hours 1 minute 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.Local storm report, May 15, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
621 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR MONDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT) LOCATION REPORT
538 PM SOUTHWEST WINSTON QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
COUNTY MS BY EOC IN SW CORNER OF COUNTY
NEAR HWY 25. REPORT RELAYED
BY MEI WSO.
600 PM NESHOBA COUNTY MS NESHOBA EOC REPORTED 3/4 INCH
HAIL (DIME SIZE) JUST NORTH OF
PHILADELPHIA.Local storm report, May 15, 6:54 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
654 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR MONDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT) LOCATION REPORT
630 PM BOLIVAR COUNTY MS PUBLIC REPORTED TO BOLIVAR
EOC...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
JUST WEST OF MOUND BAYOU IN
NORTHERN BOLIVAR COUNTY.
^ REPORTED TO NWS AT 635 PM.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 52 min |
| May 15, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 61 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.