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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Jackson, MS

May 28, 1995Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1995, 3:29 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1995, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1995, 3:53 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lauderdale 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 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1823 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 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
1823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 282030
SVRJAN
MSC075-282115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
329 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
PROGRESS 10 MILES WEST OF MERIDIAN ON THE COUNTY LINE OF NEWTON AND
LAUDERDALE COUNTIES. MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCALIZED FLOODING AND
GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
 
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 28, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin32 min
May 28, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba30 min
May 28, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake35 min
May 28, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba25 min
May 28, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore53 min
May 28, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson, Smith31 min
May 28, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke33 min
May 28, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones28 min
May 28, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones36 min
May 28, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest47 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.