Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 450, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 27, 1995, 3:08 PM CDT for Franklin County, Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 1995, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 1995, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, MS, Lincoln County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Brookhaven, MS | Several trees were blown down by this weak tornado. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 5 hours 8 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, 5 hours 3 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 49 min |
| Oct 27, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 35 min |
| Oct 27, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 38 min |
| Oct 27, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 49 min |
| Oct 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 49 min |
| Oct 27, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 40 min |
| Oct 27, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 67 min |
| Oct 27, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 49 min |
| Oct 27, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 49 min |
| Oct 27, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 64 min |
| Oct 27, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 49 min |
| Oct 27, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 42 min |
| Oct 27, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 52 min |
| Oct 27, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 47 min |
| Oct 27, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 47 min |
| Oct 27, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 37 min |
| Oct 27, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 45 min |
| Oct 27, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 48 min |
| Oct 27, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 34 min |
| Oct 27, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 45 min |
| Oct 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 55 min |
| Oct 27, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 57 min |
| Oct 27, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 31 min |
| Oct 27, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 38 min |
| Oct 27, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 50 min |
| Oct 27, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 46 min |
| Oct 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 45 min |
| Oct 26, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 42 min |
| Oct 27, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 44 min |
| Oct 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Tensas | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.