Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 9:07 PM CST for Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1995, 9:07 PM CST (03:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 TTAA00 KJAN 170309 RRA SVRJAN MSC123-129-170345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 907 PM CST THU FEB 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SCOTT COUNTY...SMITH COUNTY AT 907 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR ABOUT FIVE MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. 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, 6:52 PM CST, 2 hours 15 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 39 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 37 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, 7:40 PM CST, 1 hour 27 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, 46 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, 45 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, 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, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 67 min |
| Feb 16, 9:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 56 min |
Nearby
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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.