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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Jackson, MS

July 9, 1995Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 2:43 PM CDT for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1995, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1995, 3:10 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Forrest County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2394 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 091945 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC035-092030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
243 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN FORREST COUNTY
 
JACKSON DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROOKLYN MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THIS
THUNDERSTORM LIKELY CONTAINS 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.
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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 9, 10:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
MSZ001>082-100300-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1000 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 1995

...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY OVER MISSISSIPPI...

A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS HAS SETTLED IN OVER MISSISSIPPI.  SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP OVER THE STATE BY LATE MORNING
INTO EARLY AFTERNOON AND A FEW MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS THIS
AFTERNOON.  CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI APPEARS TO BE THE MOST UNSTABLE
AREA... BUT AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COULD HELP
TRIGGER ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE
STATE TODAY.  THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DECREASE
IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE BY EARLY TONIGHT BUT COULD
CONTINUE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS.

ACTIVATION OF CIVIL DEFENSE...HAM AND SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY BE
NECESSARY OVER PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI TODAY...

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke35 min
Jul 9, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper33 min
Jul 9, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale40 min
Jul 9, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper34 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.