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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 495, NWS Jackson, MS

December 17, 1995Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 17, 1995, 6:13 PM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 17, 1995, 6:13 PM CST (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Dec 17, 1995, 6:45 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Jones County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 1995-12-18Temperature 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 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 1995-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 18, 6:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar60 min
Dec 18, 11:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey54 min
Dec 18, 11:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren54 min
Dec 18, 11:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Yazoo48 min
Dec 18, 12:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo44 min
Dec 18, 1:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar50 min
Dec 18, 11:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Madison, Tensas42 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.