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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Jackson, MS

February 27, 1995Washington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 1995, 5:45 PM CST for Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 1995, 5:45 PM CST (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 1995, 6:45 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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 KJAN 272347 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC151-280045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
545 PM CST MON FEB 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 545 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR MGGHEE IN
DESHA COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL AS
IT HAS MOVED THROUGH SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.
 
THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF METCALFE...LAKE
FERGUSON...AND GREENVILLE BY 645 PM. THE STORM WILL LIKELY CROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY BETWEEN 600 AND 615 PM.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 4:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale66 min
Feb 27, 5:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith66 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.