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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Jackson, MS

January 28, 1995Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 12:53 AM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 1995, 12:53 AM CST (06:53 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 1995, 1:45 AM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Jones County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1995-01-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1995-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 274 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
321 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 280654 RRA
SVRMEI
MSC067-280745-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1253 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...JONES COUNTY
 
AT 1252 AM CST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED NEAR LAUREL
MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO 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, Jan 27, 8:15 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
MSZ009-280415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR KEMPER COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
815 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995

AT 812 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 15
MILES WEST OF DEKALB MISSISSIPPI AND 10 MILES WEST OF PHILADELPHIA.
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH AND HAVE PRODUCED
SMALL MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN NESHOBA AND NORTHERN KEMPER COUNTIES WITHIN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 8:17 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
MSZ009-280415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
815 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995

AT 812 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 15
MILES WEST OF DEKALB MISSISSIPPI AND 10 MILES WEST OF PHILADELPHIA.
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH AND HAVE PRODUCED
SMALL MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN NESHOBA AND NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTIES WITHIzN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 8:19 PM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
MSZ009-280415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR KEMPER COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
815 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995

AT 812 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 15
MILES WEST OF DEKALB MISSISSIPPI AND 10 MILES WEST OF PHILADELPHIA.
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH AND HAVE PRODUCED
SMALL MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN NESHOBA AND NORTHERN KEMPER COUNTIES WITHIN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Jan 27, 11:28 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1120 PM CST FRI JAN 28 1995

WINSTON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI

852 PM CST...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 12 MILES SSE OF LOUISVILLE.
             REPORTED BY MISS ST CLIMATOLOGY DEPT THROUGH EMERGENCY 911.

NOXUBEE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI

908 PM CST...QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST WEST OF MACON.
             REPORTED BY NOXUBEE COUNTY EOC.

NESHOBA COUNTY MISSISSIPPI

1108 PM CST...PEA SIZE HAIL 8 MILES SOUTH SO*UTHEAST OF PHILADELPHIA MS
              REPORTED BY NESHOBA COUNTY EOC.
NEWTON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI
1100 PM CST...PEA SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED AT PROSPECT AND UNION.
             REPORTED BY NESHOBA COUNTY EOC.
Local storm report, Jan 28, 12:30 AM CST, 23 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1230 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995

LAUDERDALE MS EOC REPORTS PEA SIZE TO PENNY SIZE HAIL NEAR NAS
MERIDIAN AT 0028 CST.
Local storm report, Jan 28, 12:31 AM CST, 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1230 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995

LAUDERDALE MS EOC REPORTS PEA SIZE TO PENNY SIZE HAIL NEAR NAS
MERIDIAN AT 0028 CST.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 6:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll49 min
Jan 27, 6:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster35 min
Jan 27, 6:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams51 min
Jan 27, 6:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee, Winston32 min
Jan 27, 6:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery46 min
Jan 27, 6:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll31 min
Jan 27, 7:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster34 min
Jan 27, 7:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin47 min
Jan 27, 7:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Scott47 min
Jan 27, 8:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba54 min
Jan 27, 8:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee, Winston40 min
Jan 27, 10:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes48 min
Jan 27, 10:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll31 min
Jan 27, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba45 min
Jan 27, 11:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo36 min
Jan 27, 11:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith27 min
Jan 27, 11:53 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison37 min
Jan 27, 11:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton46 min
Jan 28, 12:15 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake30 min
Jan 28, 12:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke58 min
Jan 28, 12:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.