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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Jackson, MS

February 16, 1995Newton County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 7:35 PM CST for Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 16, 1995, 7:35 PM CST (01:35 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 1995, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Newton County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 170156 RRA
SVRMEI
MSC101-170200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
735 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NEWTON COUNTY
 
AT 730 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NEWTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM
PRODUCED DIME SIZE HAIL IN NEWTON AT 725 PM CST.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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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, 4:06 PM CST, 3 hours 29 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
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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, 3 hours 23 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....

Local storm report, Feb 16, 6:50 PM CST, 45 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
650 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995

TIME (CST)     LOCATION               REPORT

625 PM CST     OAK RIDGE          GENERALL PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
               WARREN CO          HAIL IN OAK RIDGE.

Local storm report, Feb 16, 6:52 PM CST, 43 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
650 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995

TIME (CST)     LOCATION               REPORT

625 PM CST     OAK RIDGE          GENERALL PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE
               WARREN CO          HAIL IN OAK RIDGE.

Local storm report, Feb 16, 7:28 PM CST, 7 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
730 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995

TIME (CST)     LOCATION               REPORT

706 PM CST     FLORENCE CITY      RANKIN E.O.C. REPORTED DIME SIZE
               RANKIN CO          HAIL.

708 PM CST     OLD PEARL          GENERAL PUBLIC REPORTED HEN SIZE
               SIMPSON CO         HAIL.

716 PM CST     2 MILES SOUTH OF   RANKIN E.O.C. REPORTED GOLF BALL
               FLORENCE           SIZE HAIL.
               RANKIN CO

Local storm report, Feb 16, 7:30 PM CST, 5 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
730 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995

TIME (CST)     LOCATION               REPORT

706 PM CST     FLORENCE CITY      RANKIN E.O.C. REPORTED DIME SIZE
               RANKIN CO          HAIL.

708 PM CST     OLD PEARL          GENERAL PUBLIC REPORTED HEN SIZE
               SIMPSON CO         HAIL.

716 PM CST     2 MILES SOUTH OF   RANKIN E.O.C. REPORTED GOLF BALL
               FLORENCE           SIZE HAIL.
               RANKIN CO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 16, 6:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	27 min
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, 7:45 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

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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.