Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 2:43 PM CST for Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1995, 2:43 PM CST (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Noxubee County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 KMEI 162045 RRA SVRMEI MSC103-162145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 243 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NOXUBEE COUNTY AT 245 PM CST...MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MACON MISSISSIPPI. MOVMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, 10:15 AM CST, 4 hours 28 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, 4 hours 27 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, 2 hours 8 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 EVACUATIONSLocal storm report, Feb 16, 12:37 PM CST, 2 hours 6 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 EVACUATIONSLocal storm report, Feb 16, 2:40 PM CST, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
240 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995
TIME (CST) LOCATION REPORT
155 PM CST BYRAM JACKSON HINDS EOC REPORTED MARBLE SIZE
HINDS CO HAIL NEAR DAVIS ROAD WEST OF BYRAM
203 PM CST PEARL RANKIN CO EOC REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL
RANKIN CO ON HIGHWAY 80 IN PEARLLocal storm report, Feb 16, 2:42 PM CST, 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
240 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995
TIME (CST) LOCATION REPORT
155 PM CST BYRAM JACKSON HINDS EOC REPORTED MARBLE SIZE
HINDS CO HAIL NEAR DAVIS ROAD WEST OF BYRAM
203 PM CST PEARL RANKIN CO EOC REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL
RANKIN CO ON HIGHWAY 80 IN PEARLThe 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, 9:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 2:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 25 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.