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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Jackson, MS

March 5, 1995Adams County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 1995, 6:08 AM CST for Adams County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 min.

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The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 1995, 6:08 AM CST (12:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 1995, 7:00 AM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Adams County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 1995-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 57 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1995-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 290 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
57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-214 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 051212 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC001-051300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
608 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...ADAMS COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NATCHEZ AT 605 AM CST. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
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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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.