Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 8:30 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1995, 8:30 PM CST (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lauderdale County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 KMEI 170230 RRA SVRMEI MSC075-170315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 830 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY AT 826 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN AIRPORT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM DID PRODUCE SMALL HAIL IN NEWTON AT 820 PM BUT HAS INCREASED IN INTENSITY. 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
Local storm report, Feb 16, 6:52 PM CST, 1 hour 38 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, 1 hour 2 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 COLocal storm report, Feb 16, 7:30 PM CST, 1 hour 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 COLocal storm report, Feb 16, 7:40 PM CST, 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 740 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995 NEWTON COUNTY SO REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL AT NEWTON MISSISSIPPI AT 725 PM CST.
Local storm report, Feb 16, 8:21 PM CST, 9 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
821 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995
TIME (CST) LOCATION REPORT
810 PM CST HERMANVILLE DIME SIZE HAIL FROM HERMANVILLE
CLAIBORNE CO FIRE DEPARTMENT.Local storm report, Feb 16, 8:22 PM CST, 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
821 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995
TIME (CST) LOCATION REPORT
810 PM CST HERMANVILLE DIME SIZE HAIL FROM HERMANVILLE
CLAIBORNE CO FIRE DEPARTMENT.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, 7:35 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, 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.