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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 317, NWS Jackson, MS

May 31, 1995Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1995, 6:22 PM CDT for Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1995, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Chicot County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 213 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 109 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar18 min
May 31, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington42 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.