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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 441, NWS Jackson, MS

October 27, 1995Washington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 27, 1995, 12:55 PM CDT for Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 1995, 12:55 PM CDT (17:55 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 1995-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1124 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 1995-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 330 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
1124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
12.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 271756 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC151-271830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1255 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 1255 PM CDT... JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
LARGE HAIL ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF HOLLANDALE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR. ON ITS PRESENT COURSE... THIS STORM WOULD MOVE
JUST NORTH OF HOLLANDALE 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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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, Oct 27, 10:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
MSZ001>082-280400-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1000 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 1995

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW OCCURRING AND WILL BE DEVELOPING ACROSS ALL
BUT EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AHEAD
OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... AND POSSIBLE EVEN A
TORNADO.

ACTIVATION BY CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTORS...HAM RADIO COORDINATORS AND
SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 10:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
MSZ001>082-280400-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1000 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 1995

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW OCCURRING AND WILL BE DEVELOPING ACROSS ALL
BUT EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AHEAD
OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... AND POSSIBLE EVEN A
TORNADO.

ACTIVATION BY CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTORS...HAM RADIO COORDINATORS AND
SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren49 min
Oct 27, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren38 min
Oct 27, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba49 min
Oct 27, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton49 min
Oct 27, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison40 min
Oct 27, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale67 min
Oct 27, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper49 min
Oct 27, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison49 min
Oct 27, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Warren64 min
Oct 27, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln52 min
Oct 27, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln49 min
Oct 27, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton, Scott42 min
Oct 27, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLawrence52 min
Oct 27, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones47 min
Oct 27, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis47 min
Oct 27, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Warren37 min
Oct 27, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds45 min
Oct 27, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis48 min
Oct 27, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale34 min
Oct 27, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson45 min
Oct 27, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJones55 min
Oct 27, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson57 min
Oct 27, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln31 min
Oct 27, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLawrence38 min
Oct 27, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis50 min
Oct 27, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Jefferson46 min
Oct 27, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington45 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.