Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 9:46 AM CST for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1995, 9:46 AM CST (15:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 10:15 AM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Holmes County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 837 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 161548 RRA SVRJAN MSC051-161615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 946 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...HOLMES COUNTY AT 946 AM CST... JACKSON RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN CRUGER AND TCHULA MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ON ITS PRESENT PATH THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN HOLMES COUNTY NORTH OF LEXINGTON. PEOPLE NEAR THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS DON'T DRIVE INTO WATER CROSSINGS. <
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, 7:01 AM CST, 2 hours 45 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, 2 hours 44 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.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 9:01 AM CST, 45 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ051-030-161700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 901 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 900 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE REDEVELOPING GENERALLLY NORTH OF A ROLLING FORK MISSISSIPPI TO DE KALB MISSISSIPPI AND CARBON HILL ALABAMA AREA. THE STRONGER STORMS APPEAR TO BE IN THE HOLLANDALE MISSISSIPPI TO GREENWOOD LINE WITH ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINONA MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE INDICATED BETWEEN WAYNESBORO AND CAMP SHELBY. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FUTURE WATCHES/WARNINGS. LISTEN TO THE 24 HOUR WEATHER RADIO STATION...NOAA WEATHER RADIO. ...CORRECTED HEADER EXPIRATION TIME...
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 9:03 AM CST, 43 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ051-030-161500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 901 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 900 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE REDEVELOPING GENERALLLY NORTH OF A ROLLING FORK MISSISSIPPI TO DE KALB MISSISSIPPI AND CARBON HILL ALABAMA AREA. THE STRONGER STORMS APPEAR TO BE IN THE HOLLANDALE MISSISSIPPI TO GREENWOOD LINE WITH ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINONA MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE INDICATED BETWEEN WAYNESBORO AND CAMP SHELBY. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FUTURE WATCHES/WARNINGS. LISTEN TO THE 24 HOUR WEATHER RADIO STATION...NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 9:07 AM CST, 39 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ051-030-161700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 901 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 900 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE REDEVELOPING GENERALLLY NORTH OF A ROLLING FORK MISSISSIPPI TO DE KALB MISSISSIPPI AND CARBON HILL ALABAMA AREA. THE STRONGER STORMS APPEAR TO BE IN THE HOLLANDALE MISSISSIPPI TO GREENWOOD LINE WITH ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINONA MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE INDICATED BETWEEN WAYNESBORO AND CAMP SHELBY. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FUTURE WATCHES/WARNINGS. LISTEN TO THE 24 HOUR WEATHER RADIO STATION...NOAA WEATHER RADIO. ...CORRECTED HEADER EXPIRATION TIME...
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, 7:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Calhoun, Grenada | 30 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.