Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 1:01 AM CST for Calhoun County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1995, 1:01 AM CST (07:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 1:30 AM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Calhoun County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 160702 RRA SVRJAN MSC013-160730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 101 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...CALHOUN COUNTY AT 101 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALHOUN CITY MrOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. <
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, Feb 15, 7:37 PM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ051-030-160345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 737 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66 WHICH INCLUDES SUMTER AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 740 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 30 MILE WIDE AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR RALEIGH MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES EAST OF CENTERVILLE ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE A 10 MILE WIDE AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMILTON ALABAMA. ALL THUNDRSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 7:42 PM CST, 5 hours 19 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ051-030-160345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 737 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66 WHICH INCLUDES SUMTER AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 740 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 30 MILE WIDE AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR RALEIGH MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES EAST OF CENTERVILLE ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE A 10 MILE WIDE AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMILTON ALABAMA. ALL THUNDRSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 12:26 AM CST, 35 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ051-030-160830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1226 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 67 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NOXUBEE...WINSTON...NESHOBA...KEMPER AT 1220 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 45 MILE WIDE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES WEST NORTHEST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF HAMILTON ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURING FROM RALEIGH MISSISSIPPI TO BUTLER ALABAMA AND NORTHWARD TO EUTAW ALABAMA. ALL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 12:28 AM CST, 33 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ051-030-160830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1226 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 67 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NOXUBEE...WINSTON...NESHOBA...KEMPER AT 1220 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 45 MILE WIDE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES WEST NORTHEST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF HAMILTON ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURING FROM RALEIGH MISSISSIPPI TO BUTLER ALABAMA AND NORTHWARD TO EUTAW ALABAMA. ALL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 10:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 27 min |
| Feb 15, 11:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 44 min |
| Feb 16, 5:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 66 min |
| Feb 16, 7:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Calhoun, Grenada | 30 min |
| Feb 16, 9:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 2:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 25 min |
| Feb 16, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 62 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.