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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Jackson, MS

June 1, 1995Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1995, 12:17 PM CDT for Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1995, 12:17 PM CDT (17:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1995, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1762 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
1762 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 011720 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC035-073-011745-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1217 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN FORREST COUNTY...LAMAR COUNTY
 
AT 1215 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF
HATTIESBURG. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS IT
MOVES NORTH AT 30 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.  DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARXE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
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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

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
MSZ001>082-310400-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1005 AM CDT THU JUN 1 1995

A MOIST AND UTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS OVER MISSISSIPPI TODAY. THE BEST
CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OVER SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE AS WELL. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
STRONG...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE AND A FEW
MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS.

DUE TO THE SLIGHT RISK OF A FEW SEVERE THUNERSTORMS...THERE IS A CHANCE
THAT THE ASSISTANCE OF STORM SPOTTER...HAM RADIO...CIVIL DEFENSE AND
OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY UNITS MAY BE NEEDED IF STORMS BECOME STRONG ENOUGH
TO PRODUCE A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS
EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
MSZ001>082-310400-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1005 AM CDT THU JUN 1 1995

A MOIST AND UTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS OVER MISSISSIPPI TODAY. THE BEST
CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OVER SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE AS WELL. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
STRONG...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE AND A FEW
MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS.

DUE TO THE SLIGHT RISK OF A FEW SEVERE THUNERSTORMS...THERE IS A CHANCE
THAT THE ASSISTANCE OF STORM SPOTTER...HAM RADIO...CIVIL DEFENSE AND
OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY UNITS MAY BE NEEDED IF STORMS BECOME STRONG ENOUGH
TO PR<ODUCE A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS
EVENING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison50 min
Jun 1, 11:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion52 min
Jun 1, 12:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Smith40 min
Jun 1, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson29 min
Jun 1, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton29 min
Jun 1, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton31 min
Jun 1, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale43 min
Jun 1, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba43 min
Jun 1, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.