Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 435, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 1995, 7:24 PM CDT for Franklin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 1995, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 210028 RRA SVRJAN LAC041-210100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 724 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...FRANKLIN PARISH AT 726 PM CDT... JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF WINNSBORO MOVING SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. ON ITS PRESENT PATH THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE FORT NECESSITY AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES... AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL ARE THhE SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WITH THIS STORM. 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. <
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
Local storm report, Aug 20, 4:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
435 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 1995
CLARKE COUNTY...10 MILES EAST OF QUITMAN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
ON HY 511. REPORTED BY POWER COMPANY.
TIME ABOUT 330 PM CDT.
LINCOLN COUNTY...NEAR EAST LINCOLN TREES DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE
COMMUNITY. TO SOME CHICKEN HOUSES.
REPORT FROM LINCOLN COUNTY
S.O. TIME ABOUT 245 PM CDT.Local storm report, Aug 20, 4:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
435 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 1995
CLARKE COUNTY...10 MILES EAST OF QUITMAN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
ON HY 511. REPORTED BY POWER COMPANY.
TIME ABOUT 330 PM CDT.
LINCOLN COUNTY...NEAR EAST LINCOLN TREES DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE
COMMUNITY. TO SOME CHICKEN HOUSES.
REPORT FROM LINCOLN COUNTY
S.O. TIME ABOUT 245 PM CDT.Local storm report, Aug 20, 7:00 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
700 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 1995
TIME (CDT) ...CITY LOCATION... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ...COUNTY LOCATION...
445 PM JONES-JASPER COUNTY LINE MS OIL STORAGE TANK ON FIRE
08/20/95 IN HEIDELBERG AT JASPER CNTY ...CAUSED BY LIGHTNING
STRIKE. (LAUREL-JONES CD)
522 PM ROSEHILL MS 4 TREES DOWN.
08/20/95 JASPER CO. (JASPER EOC)
545 PM PRESTON MS WIND DAMAGE...TREES DOWN
KEMPER CO. (KEMPER SO) ON HIGHWAY 397 NEAR PRESTON
AND HIGHWAY 39 NORTH.
430 PM 5 SW OF ELLISVILLE MS 20 LARGE OAK/PECAN TREES DOWN
08/20/95 JONES CO. NEAR HIGHWAY 590. (JONES CD)
620 PM SE NESHOBA MS DIME SIZE HAIL.
08/20/95 NESHOBA COUNTY (NESHOBA SO)
620 PM MORTON MS POWER LINES DOWN ON HIGHWAY
08/20/95 80 WEST...POWER LINES DOWN
IN MORTON...POLES LEANING.
TRAFFIC BLOCKED.Local storm report, Aug 20, 7:01 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
700 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 1995
TIME (CDT) ...CITY LOCATION... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ...COUNTY LOCATION...
445 PM JONES-JASPER COUNTY LINE MS OIL STORAGE TANK ON FIRE
08/20/95 IN HEIDELBERG AT JASPER CNTY ...CAUSED BY LIGHTNING
STRIKE. (LAUREL-JONES CD)
522 PM ROSEHILL MS 4 TREES DOWN.
08/20/95 JASPER CO. (JASPER EOC)
545 PM PRESTON MS WIND DAMAGE...TREES DOWN
KEMPER CO. (KEMPER SO) ON HIGHWAY 397 NEAR PRESTON
AND HIGHWAY 39 NORTH.
430 PM 5 SW OF ELLISVILLE MS 20 LARGE OAK/PECAN TREES DOWN
08/20/95 JONES CO. NEAR HIGHWAY 590. (JONES CD)
620 PM SE NESHOBA MS DIME SIZE HAIL.
08/20/95 NESHOBA COUNTY (NESHOBA SO)
620 PM MORTON MS POWER LINES DOWN ON HIGHWAY
08/20/95 80 WEST...POWER LINES DOWN
IN MORTON...POLES LEANING.
TRAFFIC BLOCKED.Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.