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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Jackson, MS

February 27, 1995Washington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 1995, 6:45 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, 6:45 PM CST (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 1995, 7:45 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1995-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 450 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1995-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
450 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 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 KJAN 280047 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC151-280145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
645 PM CST MON FEB 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 644 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS STILL INDICATED BY RADAR JUST
MOVING INTO THE GREENVILLE COMMUNITY. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST ATR
20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE NEAR THE COMMUNTIES LELAND...TRIBETT AND
ARCOLA BETWEEN 715 PM AND 745 PM.
 
THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF DAMAGING HAIL WHILE IN SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.
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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

Local storm report, Feb 27, 5:56 PM CST, 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
550 PM CST MONDAY FEB 27 1995

NEWTON COUNTY

402 PM CST...NICKEL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF DECATUR
             REPORTED BY NEWTON SO

LAUDERDALE COUNTY

415 PM CST...... DIME SIZE HAIL 3 MILES WEST OF COLLINSVILLE
415-430 PM CST.. PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL LAUDERDALE
                 COUNTY...REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 7:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale60 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.