Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 5:09 AM CST for Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1995, 5:09 AM CST (11:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 6:15 AM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Winston County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 161110 RRA SVRMEI MSC159-161215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 509 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...WINSTON COUNTY AT 508 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE MISSISSIPPI MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. 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 CONDIPTIONS.
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 16, 12:28 AM CST, 4 hours 41 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, 2:07 AM CST, 3 hours 2 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 THUNDERST.ORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 2:13 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ051-030-161015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 213 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... KEMPER...NESHOBA...NOXUBEE...WINSTON AT 210 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 50 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM GRENADA MISSISSIPPI TO HAMILTON ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE A 20 MILE WIDE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS WAS INDICATED FROM 15 MILES WEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 10 MILES NORTH OF DEMOPOLIS ALABAMA. MOVEMENT OF ALL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WWUS34KSHV /C
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 2:14 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ051-030-161015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 213 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... KEMPER...NESHOBA...NOXUBEE...WINSTON AT 210 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 50 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM GRENADA MISSISSIPPI TO HAMILTON ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE A 20 MILE WIDE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS WAS INDICATED FROM 15 MILES WEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO 10 MILES NORTH OF DEMOPOLIS ALABAMA. MOVEMENT OF ALL SHOWER AND THUNDEJRSTORM ACTIVITY WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 3:29 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ051-030-161130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 329 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 325 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 50 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ROLLING FORK MISSISSIPPI TO CALHOUN CITY MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES NORTH OF FAYETTE ALABAMA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 3:30 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ051-030-161130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 329 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 325 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 50 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ROLLING FORK MISSISSIPPI TO CALHOUN CITY MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES NORTH OF FAYETTE ALABAMA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST 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, 1:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Calhoun | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 5:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 44 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.