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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 342, NWS Jackson, MS

June 25, 1995Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1995, 10:28 PM CDT for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1995, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Rankin County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 14 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2433 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1995-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
2433 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1293 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 260331 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC121-260400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1028 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...RANKIN COUNTY
 
AT 1024 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS
WAS INDICATED FROM JUST EAST OF JACKSON TO EAST OF SANDHILL.
 
THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS ESTIMATED UP TO 55 MPH
AS IT PASSED THROUGH RIDGLAND SHORTLY AFTER 1000 PM.
 
THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR AND
AFFECT THE COMMUNTIES OF BRANDON AND PELAHATCHIE...AS WELL AS DRIVERS
ALONG HIGHWAY 80 AND 20.
 
 
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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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

Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
643 PM CDT SUN JUN 25  1995

TIME (CDT) ...CITY LOCATION...       ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       ...COUNTY LOCATION...

630   PM   PELAHATCHIE               MS   MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL.
06/25/95   RANKIN CO                      REPORT FROM FAMILY OF NWS
                                          EMPLOYEE.

615   PM   S OF BRANDON              MS   MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
06/25/95   RANKIN CO.                     REPORT FROM RANKIN E.O.C.

624   PM   HOLMES/LEFLORE CO. LINE   MS   PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
06/25/95   SAME                           REPORT FROM GREENWOOD MHP.

630   PM   VICINITY OF GREENWOOD     MS  PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
06/25/95   LEFLORE CO.                   REPORT FROM GREENWOOD MHP.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
MSZ043-048-260230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
831 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE AND GUSTY WINDS DOT PARTS OF
NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY THIS EVENING...

A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...WERE NOTED
ACROSS NORTHWEST HINDS COUNTY...MOVING EAST NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM EDWARDS TO SOUTH
OF FLORA.

REPORTS OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...WERE
RECEIVED BY THE HINDS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 822 PM.

STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL...IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AN HOUR IS
POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 PM.

PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS OF NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY
CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STORMS MOVE TO THE EAST.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERICIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
FOR ANY FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
MSZ043-048-260230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
831 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE AND GUSTY WINDS DOT PARTS OF
NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY THIS EVENING...

A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...WERE NOTED
ACROSS NORTHWEST HINDS COUNTY...MOVING EAST NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM EDWARDS TO SOUTH
OF FLORA.

REPORTS OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...WERE
RECEIVED BY THE HINDS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 822 PM.

STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL...IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AN HOUR IS
POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 PM.

PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS OF NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY
CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STORMS MOVE TO THE EAST.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERICIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
FOR ANY FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison28 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.