Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 7:15 AM CST for Calhoun County, Grenada County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1995, 7:15 AM CST (13:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 7:45 AM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calhoun County, MS, Grenada County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 506 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
- 317 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 161317 RRA SVRJAN MSC013-043-161345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 715 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY...EASTERN GRENADA COUNTY AT 715 AM CST JACKSON RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF GORE SPRINGS IN GRENADA COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 55 MILES AN HOUR AND ON ITS PRESENT COURSE WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY SOUTH OF CALHOUN CITY. 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 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, Feb 16, 2:13 AM CST, 5 hours 2 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, 5 hours 1 minute 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, 3 hours 46 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, 3 hours 45 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, 7:01 AM CST, 14 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ051-030-161500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 701 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 68 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.... IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NOXUBEE...WINSTON IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... KEMPER...LAUDERDALE...NESHOBA...NEWTON IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... SUMTER AT 650 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 40 MILE WIDE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM LOUISVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM GRENADA MISSISSIPPI TO CALHOUN CITY MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT OF ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 45MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 7:02 AM CST, 13 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ051-030-161500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 701 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 68 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.... IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NOXUBEE...WINSTON IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... KEMPER...LAUDERDALE...NESHOBA...NEWTON IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... SUMTER AT 650 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 40 MILE WIDE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM LOUISVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IJNDICATED FROM GRENADA MISSISSIPPI TO CALHOUN CITY MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT OF ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 45MPH.
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, 5:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 66 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.