Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 6:03 PM CST for Issaquena County, Warren County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1995, 6:03 PM CST (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Issaquena County, MS, Warren County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KJAN 170005 RRA SVRJAN MSC055-149-170030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 603 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...ISSAQUENA COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY AT 603 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT TO CROOS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF VICKSBURG. THIS STORM SHOULD PASS OVER THE REDWOOD AREA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. <
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
Local storm report, Feb 16, 12:37 PM CST, 5 hours 26 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 hours 23 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, 3 hours 21 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 PEARLSpecial weather statement, Feb 16, 4:03 PM CST, 2 hours before
MSZ009-MSZ012-ALZ008-ALZ013-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 403 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 70 FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND CENTRAL ALABAMA CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST. AT 400 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM FORREST TO DE KALB MISSISSIPPI TO TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS BAND ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH WHILE THE BAND SLOWLY DRIFTS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE OVERALL INTENSITY WAS DECREASING...HOWEVER, PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD STAY WEATHER ALERT. ...CORRECTED 2ND PARA...BAND MOVEMENT....
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 4:06 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
MSZ009-MSZ012-ALZ008-ALZ013-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 403 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 70 FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND CENTRAL ALABAMA CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST. AT 400 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM FORREST TO DE KALB MISSISSIPPI TO TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS BAND ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH WHILE THE BAND SLOWLY DRIFTS SO H THE OVERALL INTENSITY WAS DECREASING...HOWEVER, PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD STAY WEATHER ALERT.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 4:12 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
MSZ009-MSZ012-ALZ008-ALZ013-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 403 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 70 FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND CENTRAL ALABAMA CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST. AT 400 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM FORREST TO DE KALB MISSISSIPPI TO TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS BAND ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH WHILE THE BAND SLOWLY DRIFTS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE OVERALL INTENSITY WAS DECREASING...HOWEVER, PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD STAY WEATHER ALERT. ...CO*RRECTED 2ND PARA...BAND MOVEMENT....
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 6:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 53 min |
| Feb 16, 6:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 40 min |
| Feb 16, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 40 min |
| Feb 16, 6:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 51 min |
| Feb 16, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 52 min |
| Feb 16, 7:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 42 min |
| Feb 16, 7:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 41 min |
| Feb 16, 7:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 25 min |
| Feb 16, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 45 min |
| Feb 16, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Feb 16, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 46 min |
| Feb 16, 8:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 45 min |
| Feb 16, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 30 min |
| Feb 16, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 38 min |
| Feb 16, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 67 min |
| Feb 16, 9:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 56 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.