Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 487, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 1995, 4:30 AM CST for Covington County, Jasper County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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
- Nov 11, 1995, 4:30 AM CST (10:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 1995, 5:15 AM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Covington County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Smith County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 4:55 AM CST | Tornado 0 | Covington, MS | The tornado started at 0455 am one mile south of Mount Olive and moved east and lifted two miles northeast of Smith at 0505. Seven homes were severely damaged or destroyed. There were an unknown number of houses with at least some damage. Three mobile homes w |
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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 433 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 111033 RRA SVRJAN MSC123-129-061-069-099-101-103-159-031-065-091-111115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 430 AM CST SAT NOV 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SCOTT COUNTY...SMITH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...JASPER COUNTY...KEMPER COUNTY...NESHOBA COUNTY ...NEWTON COUNTY...NOXUBEE COUNTY...WINSTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...COVINGTON COUNTY...JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY...MARION COUNTY AT 430 AM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED FROM LOUISVILLE...TO MCGEE...TO MONTICELLO. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS LINE AS IT MOVED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EARLIER THIS MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTINING STRIKES. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. <
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, Nov 11, 3:55 AM CST, 35 minutes before
LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ001>004-007-008-010>015-020>022-028- 018-019-025>028-034>036-040> 042-047-053-059-060-111145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 355 AM CST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE STATE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS IS GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A CORINTH TO CALHOUN CITY TO A NATCHEZ LINE.
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 3:56 AM CST, 34 minutes before
LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ001>004-007-008-010>015-020>022-028- 018-019-025>028-034>036-040> 042-047-053-059-060-111145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 355 AM CST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE STATE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS IS GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A CORINTH TO CALHOUN CITY TO A NATCHEZ LINE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 1:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 42 min |
| Nov 11, 1:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 47 min |
| Nov 11, 2:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey | 30 min |
| Nov 11, 2:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Leflore, Yazoo | 47 min |
| Nov 11, 2:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 47 min |
| Nov 11, 2:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 47 min |
| Nov 11, 3:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Nov 11, 3:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Madison | 41 min |
| Nov 11, 3:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster | 41 min |
| Nov 11, 3:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 41 min |
| Nov 11, 3:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 54 min |
| Nov 11, 3:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 54 min |
| Nov 11, 3:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 54 min |
| Nov 11, 3:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 54 min |
| Nov 11, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Newton, Scott, Winston | 45 min |
| Nov 11, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 45 min |
| Nov 11, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 45 min |
| Nov 11, 4:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 29 min |
| Nov 11, 5:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 45 min |
| Nov 11, 5:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 45 min |
| Nov 11, 5:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 30 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.