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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 488, NWS Jackson, MS

November 11, 1995Jefferson Davis County, Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 1995, 4:30 AM CST for Jefferson Davis County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

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 Jefferson Davis County, MS, Marion County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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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.
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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, 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	Covington, Jasper, Smith	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.