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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 324, NWS Jackson, MS

June 1, 1995Newton County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1995, 1:31 PM CDT for Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1995, 1:31 PM CDT (18:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 1995-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 1995-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-312 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1329 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, 3 hours 26 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, 3 hours 25 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, 12:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar28 min
Jun 1, 12:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Smith40 min
Jun 1, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson29 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

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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.