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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 357, NWS Jackson, MS

July 9, 1995Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT for Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Oktibbeha County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1995-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3529 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1995-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
3529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.0

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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, 5:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 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 hour 50 minutes 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes 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.
Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
 530 PM  CDT SUN JUL 09 1995

TIME (CDT) ...CITY LOCATION...       ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       ...COUNTY LOCATION...
                                                                                1230 PM   SHUBUTA                      MS DIME SIZE HAIL. ALSO
07/09/95  CLARKE COUNTY                   SMALLER HAIL AT 345PM. FM
                                          SPOTTER.

523    PM  2 NORTH MERIDIAN            MS DIME SIZE HAIL. FROM
07/09/95   LAUDERDALE COUNTY              NWS EMPLOYEE.

527    PM  MARION                      MS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. FROM
07/09/95   LAUDERDALE COUNTY              EOC

529    PM  MERIDIAN                    MS DIME SIZE HAIL. FROM
07/09/95   LAUDERDALE                     WSO MEI.                                                                                DD/MM/95   COUNTY/PARISH         AR/LA/MS *** INJ/DEATHS ***
                                          DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE
                                          AND SOURCE OF REPORT

XXXX A/PM  CITY/VILLAGE          AR/LA/MS TYPE OF EVENT
DD/MM/95   COUNTY/PARISH                  *** INJ/DEATHS ***
                                          DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE
                                          AND SOURCE OF REPORT

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DD/MM/95   COUNTY/PARISH                  *** INJ/DEATHS ***
                                          DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE
                                          AND SOURCE OF REPORT

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DD/MM/95   COUNTY/PARISH                  *** INJ/DEATHS ***
                                          DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE
                                          AND SOURCE OF REPORT

XXXX A/PM  CITY/VILLAGE          AR/LA/MS TYPE OF EVENT
DD/MM/95   COUNTY                         *** INJ/DEATHS ***
                                          DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE
                                          AND SOURCE OF REPORT

XXXX A/PM  CITY/VILLAGE          AR/LA/MS TYPE OF EVENT
DD/MM/95   COUNTY/PARISH                  *** INJ/DEATHS ***
                                          DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE
                                          AND SOURCE OF REPORT

XXXX A/PM  CITY/VILLAGE          AR/LA/MS TYPE OF EVENT
DD/MM/95   COUNTY/PARISH                  *** INJ/DEATHS ***
                                          DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE
                                          AND SOURCE OF REPORT

XXXX A/PM  CITY/VILLAGE          AR/LA/MS TYPE OF EVENT
DD/MM/95   COUNTY/PARISH                  *** INJ/DEATHS ***
                                          DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE
                                          AND SOURCE OF REPORT

XXXX A/PM  CITY/VILLAGE          AR/LA/MS TYPE OF EVENT
DD/MM/95   COUNTY/PARISH                  *** INJ/DEATHS ***
                                          DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE
                                          AND SOURCE OF REPORT
Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
 530 PM  CDT SUN JUL 09 1995

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

1230 PM   SHUBUTA                      MS DIME SIZE HAIL. ALSO
07/09/95  CLARKE COUNTY                   SMALLER HAIL AT 345PM. FM
                                          SPOTTER.

523    PM  2 NORTH MERIDIAN            MS DIME SIZE HAIL. FROM
07/09/95   LAUDERDALE COUNTY              NWS EMPLOYEE.

527    PM  MARION                      MS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. FROM
07/09/95   LAUDERDALE COUNTY              EOC

529    PM  MERIDIAN                    MS DIME SIZE HAIL. FROM
07/09/95   LAUDERDALE                     WSO MEI.
Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
547 PM CDT SUN JUL  9 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION......

0528 PM    6 NE MEI                  MS   1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
07/09/95   LAUDERDALE                     HAIL COVERED GROUND IN
                                          BROADMOORE AREA OF NORTHEAST
                                          MERIDIAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee54 min
Jul 9, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper54 min
Jul 9, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar50 min
Jul 9, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper33 min
Jul 9, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar34 min
Jul 9, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar30 min
Jul 10, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison53 min
Jul 9, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley34 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.