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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 490, NWS Jackson, MS

November 11, 1995Forrest County, Jones County, Lamar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 1995, 5:00 AM CST for Forrest County, Jones County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 1995, 5:00 AM CST (11:00 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 1995, 5:45 AM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Forrest County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 335 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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, 1 hour 5 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, 1 hour 4 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 11, 1:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar42 min
Nov 11, 1:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena47 min
Nov 11, 2:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey30 min
Nov 11, 2:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Leflore, Yazoo47 min
Nov 11, 2:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada47 min
Nov 11, 2:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren47 min
Nov 11, 3:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Franklin, Jefferson41 min
Nov 11, 3:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Madison41 min
Nov 11, 3:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Montgomery, Webster41 min
Nov 11, 3:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala41 min
Nov 11, 3:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith54 min
Nov 11, 3:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln54 min
Nov 11, 3:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Winston54 min
Nov 11, 3:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha54 min
Nov 11, 4:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba, Newton, Scott, Winston45 min
Nov 11, 4:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee45 min
Nov 11, 4:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Smith45 min
Nov 11, 4:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion45 min
Nov 11, 4:46 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington29 min
Nov 11, 5:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale45 min
Nov 11, 5:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar30 min
Nov 11, 1:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse, West Carroll50 min
Nov 11, 1:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison, Richland47 min
Nov 11, 2:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia, Tensas41 min
Nov 11, 12:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley51 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.