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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 347, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 4:24 PM CDT for Chicot County, Arkansas; Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1995, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chicot County, AR, Washington County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1561 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KJAN 032126 RRA SVRJAN ARC017-MSC151-032230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 424 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS ...EASTERN CHICOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...WASHINGTON COUNTY JACKSON DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN SOUTHERN CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY REACHING THE GREENVILLE AREA BY AROUND 5 PM THIS EVENING. THIS THUNDERSTORM LIKELY CONTAINS SOME LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. <
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, Jul 3, 2:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
MSZ043-047>049-032030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 229 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995 JACKSON DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE JACKSON METROPOLITAN AREA FROM THE SOUTH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE MOVING THROUGH THE VICKSBURG AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 3 PM. WEATHER RADAR INDICATES WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH APPROACHING WARREN... HINDS... MADISON AND RANKIN COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BRING FREQUENT LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAINS... AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
MSZ043-047>049-032030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 229 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995 JACKSON DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE JACKSON METROPOLITAN AREA FROM THE SOUTH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE MOVING THROUGH THE VICKSBURG AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 3 PM. WEATHER RADAR INDICATES WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH APPROACHING WARREN... HINDS... MADISON AND RANKIN COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BRING FREQUENT LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAINS... AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 59 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.