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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 396, NWS Jackson, MS

July 28, 1995Attala County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1995, 3:11 PM CDT for Attala County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1995, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1995, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Attala County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 1995-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1948 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 1995-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
1948 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 282013 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC007-282100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
311 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...ATTALA COUNTY
 
AT 310 PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTHWEST OF
KOSCUISKO. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL AFFECT
THE COMMUNTY OF MCADAMS BY 320 PM.
 
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 T\HUNDERSTORMS.
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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 28, 10:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
MSZ001>082-290300-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1025 AM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995

...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STATEWIDE...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STATEWIDE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH
AFTERNOON HEATING AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS STATEWIDE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

ACTIVATION OF CIVIL DEFENSE...HAM RADIO AND STORM SPOTTER PERSONNEL
MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 10:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
MSZ001>082-290300-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1025 AM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995

...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STATEWIDE...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STATEWIDE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH
AFTERNOON HEATING AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS STATEWIDE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

ACTIVATION OF CIVIL DEFENSE...HAM RADIO AND STORM SPOTTER PERSONNEL
MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
Local storm report, Jul 28, 2:55 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
255 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995

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

215 PM     MATHISTON                MS    NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DIME
07/28/95   WEBSTER COUNTY                 SIZE HAIL BY PUBLIC.
Local storm report, Jul 28, 2:56 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
255 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995

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

215 PM     MATHISTON                MS    NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DIME
07/28/95   WEBSTER COUNTY                 SIZE HAIL BY PUBLIC.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster42 min
Jul 28, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw50 min
Jul 28, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower43 min
Jul 28, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore27 min
Jul 28, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston29 min
Jul 28, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake54 min
Jul 28, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba43 min
Jul 28, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott44 min
Jul 28, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton44 min
Jul 28, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott, Smith46 min
Jul 28, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll41 min
Jul 28, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson43 min
Jul 28, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin34 min
Jul 28, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds53 min
Jul 28, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith48 min
Jul 28, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes49 min
Jul 28, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin45 min
Jul 28, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson54 min
Jul 28, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys50 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.