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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Jackson, MS

February 27, 1995Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 1995, 4:09 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 66 min.

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The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 1995, 4:09 PM CST (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 1995, 5:15 PM CST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lauderdale County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1995-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1995-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 272 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
404 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 272211 RRA
SVRMEI
MSC075-272315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
409 PM CST MON FEB 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY
 
AT 4 05 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF COLLINSVILLE IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY.
MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.  SOME LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE.
 
NICKEL SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS STORM.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 5:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith66 min
Feb 27, 5:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington60 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.