Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 6, 1995, 10:11 AM CST for Claiborne County, Jefferson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 1995, 10:11 AM CST (16:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1995, 11:15 AM CST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Claiborne County, MS, Jefferson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 534 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 061614 TORJAN MSC063-021-061715- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1011 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...JEFFERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...CLAIBORNE COUNTY AT 1010 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR COOTER POINT LOUISIANA MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TOWARD ALCORN, LORMAN, PORT GIBSON, AND PATTISON BETWEEN NOW AND 11 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE QUICKLY TO UNDERGROUND SHELTnER IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS. LEAVE CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. <
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 7:28 AM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
MSZ001>082-061430- SHORT TERM FORECAST AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 728 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MID-MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH #1 FOR CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA PARISHES TIL NOON... A VERY DYNAMIC WEATHER AND POTENTIAL DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE LOCATED ACROSS ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS NEAR 7AM THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 65 MILES AN HOUR. . STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING VERY DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. A WINNTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MID-MORNING. DUE TO THE RAPID WARMING OF THE AIR AT AND ABOVE THE SURFACE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE CANCELLED LATER THIS MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR CONCORDIA AND CATAHOULA PARISHES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ALEXANDRIA AROUND 715 AM THIS MORNING WILL MOVE INTO THESE PARISHES WITHIN THE HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ...THIS STATEMENT WAS ORIGINALLY TRANSMITTED AS A SHORT TERM FORECAST UNDER JANNOWJAN... /
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 7:42 AM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
MSZ001>082-061430- SHORT TERM FORECAST AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 728 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MID-MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH #1 FOR CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA PARISHES TIL NOON... A VERY DYNAMIC WEATHER AND POTENTIAL DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WERE LOCATED ACROSS ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS NEAR 7AM THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 65 MILES AN HOUR. . STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING VERY DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. A WINNTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MID-MORNING. DUE TO THE RAPID WARMING OF THE AIR AT AND ABOVE THE SURFACE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE CANCELLED LATER THIS MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR CONCORDIA AND CATAHOULA PARISHES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ALEXANDRIA AROUND 715 AM THIS MORNING WILL MOVE INTO THESE PARISHES WITHIN THE HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ...THIS STATEMENT WAS ORIGINALLY TRANSMITTED AS A SHORT TERM FORECAST UNDER JANNOWJAN...
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 8:00 AM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
MSZ001>082-070530-
MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
800 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995
...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TODAY...
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS TODAY ACROSS MISSISSIPPI...
ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL COUNTIES... AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM
DEVELOPING IN THE PLAINS STATES BEGINS TO MOVE EAST. LOW AND MIDDLE
LEVEL WINDS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR THE SUPERCELL
TYPE OF THUNDERSTORM WHICH CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES AND LARGE
HAIL AS WELL AS EXTREME WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.
ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY TODAY ACROSS
MUCH OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. EMERGENCY MANAGERS WILL WANT TO
BE PREPARED TODAY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDER-
STORMS.Special weather statement, Jan 6, 8:01 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
MSZ001>082-070530-
MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
800 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995
...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TODAY...
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS TODAY ACROSS MISSISSIPPI...
ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL COUNTIES... AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM
DEVELOPING IN THE PLAINS STATES BEGINS TO MOVE EAST. LOW AND MIDDLE
LEVEL WINDS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR THE SUPERCELL
TYPE OF THUNDERSTORM WHICH CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES AND LARGE
HAIL AS WELL AS EXTREME WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.
ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY TODAY ACROSS
MUCH OF SOUTH AND (CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. EMERGENCY MANAGERS WILL WANT TO
BE PREPARED TODAY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDER-
STORMS.Special weather statement, Jan 6, 9:41 AM CST, 30 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-061745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 941 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 TORNADO WATCH NO. 2 IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1 PM CST...INCLUDING WINSTON AND NESHOBA COUNTIES AT 931 AM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI FROM CHARLESTON SOUTHWEST TO HOLLANDALE MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST. A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WAS AHEAD OF THE LINE GENERALLY WEST OF A HOUSTON...MATHISTON...LEXINGTON LINE. OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUED FROM THE SHUBUTA AND BAY SPRINGS AREA SOUTHWEST ACROSS LAUREL AND HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI AREAS. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY WEATHER ALERT DUE TO THE POTENTIAL...THE STORM SYSTEM TO OUR WEST POSSESSES. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LASTEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 7:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jan 6, 8:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 43 min |
| Jan 6, 8:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tallahatchie | 41 min |
| Jan 6, 9:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 30 min |
| Jan 6, 9:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 36 min |
| Jan 6, 10:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore | 26 min |
| Jan 6, 11:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite | 32 min |
| Jan 6, 11:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite, Lincoln, Pike | 48 min |
| Jan 6, 12:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 33 min |
| Jan 6, 12:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 54 min |
| Jan 6, 1:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 58 min |
| Jan 6, 1:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 55 min |
| Jan 6, 1:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 25 min |
| Jan 6, 1:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 49 min |
| Jan 6, 2:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 28 min |
| Jan 6, 2:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 63 min |
| Jan 6, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Wayne | 40 min |
| Jan 6, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wayne | 48 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes 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.