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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 356, NWS Jackson, MS

July 9, 1995Kemper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 5:26 PM CDT for Kemper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1995, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Kemper County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 1995-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2527 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1995-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
2527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1212 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 9, 5:13 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
MSZ022>024-100115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  ...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
513 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 752 IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM..

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTH
MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AND
THEY MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

REMAIN ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA. BE PREPARED TO TAKE
COVER SHOULD DANGREOUS WEATHER APPROACH.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:15 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
MSZ022>024-100115-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
513 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 752 IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM..

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTH
MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AND
THEY MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

REMAIN ALERT TTO WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA. BE PREPARED TO TAKE
COVER SHOULD DANGREOUS WEATHER APPROACH.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:17 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
MSZ022>024-100115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  ...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
513 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 752 IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM..

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTH
MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AND
THEY MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

XREMAIN ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA. BE PREPARED TO TAKE
COVER SHOULD DANGREOUS WEATHER APPROACH.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:25 PM CDT, 1 minute before
MSZ022>024-100115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  ...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
525 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 752 IN EFFECT FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL 900 PM..

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTH
MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ABERDEEN TO
CLARKSDALE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AND THEY MAY
DEVELOP RAPIDLY...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

REMAIN ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA. BE PREPARED TO TAKE
COVER SHOULD DANGREOUS WEATHER APPROACH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest27 min
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

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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.