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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Jackson, MS

February 16, 1995Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 2:05 PM CST for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 1995, 2:05 PM CST (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 1995, 2:30 PM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Rankin County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 14 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 12:00Z on 1995-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 837 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 12:00Z on 1995-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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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, 10:06 AM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 16, 10:15 AM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
MSZ001>082-170400-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1015 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995

  ...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED STATEWIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
  ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
VICKSBURG...CANTON TO MACON LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
  ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS...

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WITH SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY AND ABUNDANT
MOISTURE WILL KEEP THE CHANCES FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS STATEWIDE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT REMAINS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE DOWN TO
THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST.  THERE IS A POTENTIAL SOME
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI MAY HAVE
THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...WITH HAIL SIZE GENERALLY
LESS THAN AN INCH POSSIBLE.

SOME OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF
RAINFALL...INCREASING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING OVER ALREADY
RAIN-SOAKED AREAS TODAY. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXTEND
SOUTHWARD WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT THROUGH THE STATE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS...HAM OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS
MAY BE REQUIRED FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 10:16 AM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
MSZ001>082-170400-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1015 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995

  ...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED STATEWIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
  ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
VICKSBURG...CANTON TO MACON LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
  ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS...

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WITH SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY AND ABUNDANT
MOISTURE WILL KEEP THE CHANCES FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS STATEWIDE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT REMAINS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE DOWN TO
THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST.  THERE IS A POTENTIAL SOME
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI MAY HAVE
THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...WITH HAIL SIZE GENERALLY
LESS THAN AN INCH POSSIBLE.

SOME OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF
RAINFALL...INCREASING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING OVER ALREADY
RAIN-SOAKED AREAS TODAY. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXTEND
SOUTHWARD WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT THROUGH THE STATE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS...HAM OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS
MAY BE REQUIRED FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON ADND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Feb 16, 12:35 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1235 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995

TIME (CST)     LOCATION               REPORT

245 AM CST     BRUCE            CALHOUN COUNTY 911 REPORTED BUSINESSES
               CALHOUN CO         AND RESIDENCES TAKING ON WATER

307 AM CST     GREENWOOD        LEFLORE SHERIFF REPORTED URBAN STREET
               LEFLORE CO         AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING

655 AM CST     SUNFLOWER        SUNFLOWER SHERIFF REPORTED EXTENSIVE
               SUNFLOWER CO       FLOODING IN SUNFLOWER WITH ONE CAR
                                  UNDERWATER

920 AM CST     EUPORA           MISS. STATE STUDENT SPOTTER REPORTED
               WEBSTER CO         DIME SIZE HAIL

300 - 600 AM   GREENVILLE       WASHINGTON CO CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED
               WASHINGTON CO      EXTENSIVE URBAN FLOODING REQUIRING
                                  SOME EVACUATIONS
Local storm report, Feb 16, 12:37 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1235 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995

TIME (CST)     LOCATION               REPORT

245 AM CST     BRUCE            CALHOUN COUNTY 911 REPORTED BUSINESSES
               CALHOUN CO         AND RESIDENCES TAKING ON WATER

307 AM CST     GREENWOOD        LEFLORE SHERIFF REPORTED URBAN STREET
               LEFLORE CO         AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING

655 AM CST     SUNFLOWER        SUNFLOWER SHERIFF REPORTED EXTENSIVE
               SUNFLOWER CO       FLOODING IN SUNFLOWER WITH ONE CAR
                                  UNDERWATER

920 AM CST     EUPORA           MISS. STATE STUDENT SPOTTER REPORTED
               WEBSTER CO         DIME SIZE HAIL

300 - 600 AM   GREENVILLE       WASHINGTON CO CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED
               WASHINGTON CO      EXTENSIVE URBAN FLOODING REQUIRING
                                  SOME EVACUATIONS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 10:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower27 min
Feb 15, 11:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANSunflower, Washington4 hr
Feb 16, 1:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCalhoun29 min
Feb 16, 5:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw44 min
Feb 16, 5:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston66 min
Feb 16, 7:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCalhoun, Grenada30 min
Feb 16, 9:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes29 min
Feb 16, 2:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee62 min

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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.