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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Jackson, MS

August 20, 1995Scott County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT for Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 20, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Scott County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 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 1995-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2612 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 1995-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
2612 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 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 202303 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC123-202330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
600 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...WESTERN SCOTT COUNTY
 
AT 602 PM CDT... JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MORTON MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES... AND POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL ARE THE
PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH THE MORTON AND WEST SCOTT COUNTY AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT 30
MINUTES.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke31 min
Aug 20, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee46 min
Aug 20, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale47 min
Aug 20, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton66 min
Aug 20, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin43 min
Aug 20, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale28 min
Aug 20, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke42 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.