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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 349, NWS Jackson, MS

July 5, 1995Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1995, 5:05 PM CDT for Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1995, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1995, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 1995-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2447 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 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
2447 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
9.3

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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, Jul 5, 12:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
MSZ001>082-060300-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1015 AM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

THE AIRMASS OVER MISSISSIPPI CONTINUES TO BECOME INCREASINGLY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER
ALL THE STATE...AND SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE SOUTH AND
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY AREAS FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT A FEW SEVERE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER NETWORKS...CIVIL DEFENSE AND HAM RADIO PERSONNEL
MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo16 min
Jul 4, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes60 min
Jul 4, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala43 min
Jul 5, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNeshoba33 min
Jul 5, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott40 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.