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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, MS

January 6, 1995Claiborne County, Jefferson County, Mississippi

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-01-06Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-01-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 375 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
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

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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.
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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...
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 7:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Jefferson38 min
Jan 6, 8:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower43 min
Jan 6, 8:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANTallahatchie41 min
Jan 6, 9:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower, Washington30 min
Jan 6, 9:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey36 min
Jan 6, 10:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Leflore26 min
Jan 6, 11:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite32 min
Jan 6, 11:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite, Lincoln, Pike48 min
Jan 6, 12:12 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison33 min
Jan 6, 12:36 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Choctaw54 min
Jan 6, 1:02 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba58 min
Jan 6, 1:05 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba55 min
Jan 6, 1:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar25 min
Jan 6, 1:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones49 min
Jan 6, 2:02 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw28 min
Jan 6, 2:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton63 min
Jan 6, 2:20 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWayne40 min
Jan 6, 3:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWayne48 min

Nearby

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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.