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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 337, NWS Jackson, MS

June 11, 1995Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1995, 7:22 PM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 1995, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Jones County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2528 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
2528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KJAN 120022 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC067-120115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
722 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...JONES COUNTY
 
AT 720 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LAUREL MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MPH. IT WILL MOVE THROUGH LAUREL
BY 735 PM.
 
PEOPLE NEAR THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS DON'T DRIVE INTO WATER CROSSINGS.
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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 11, 6:25 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
MSZ010>013-018>020-025-034-035-040>043-047>049-053-054-059>062-068-
069-120025-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
625 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 618 CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF
NORTHWEST-WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 618...ORIGINALLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM
THIS SUNDAY EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED WEST OF THE FOLLOWING LINE...

OXFORD-CHARLESTON-LEXINGTON-CANTON-BRANDON-GEORGETOWN-BROOKHAVEN-
LIBERTY LINE.

CITIES SUCH AS GREENEVILLE-VICKSBURG-JACKSON-NATCHEZ-MEADVILLE AND
LIBERTY ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED GREATLY ALONG AND WEST OF
THIS LINE TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED IN THE CLEARED AREA
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR
ANY ADDITIONAL WEATHER UPDATES.
Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:40 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
637 PM CDT SUN JUN  11 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION......

1818 PM    MAGEE                     MS   WIND DAMAGE
06/11/95   SIMPSON                        ROOF OFF AUTO REPAIR SHOPS
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:55 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
MSZ015-016-022-023-026>030-032-033-037-038-044-045-050-055-056-063>
065-070-071-120100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
655 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 618 HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 618 COVERING MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HAS
BEEN CANCELLED AS THE LINE OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS
MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 621
COVERING MUCH OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED GREATLY ACROSS THE
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES AND NO FURTHER SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 7:01 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
MSZ015-016-022-023-026>030-032-033-037-038-044-045-050-055-056-063>
065-070-071-120100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
655 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 618 HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 618 COVERING MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HAS
BEEN CANCELLED AS THE LINE OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS
MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 621
COVERING MUCH OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED GREATLY ACROSS THE
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES AND NO FURTHER SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IS EXPECbTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton52 min
Jun 11, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale45 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.