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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 18, 1995, 3:20 PM CST for Carroll County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 1995, 3:20 PM CST (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 1995, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carroll County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 3:40 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Colla, MS | This weak tornado blew down several trees along Highway 17. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 182122 TORJAN MSC015-182200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 320 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...CARROLL COUNTY AT 319 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO...JUST SOUTHEAST OF ITTA BENA. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD. <
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 18, 9:25 AM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
MSZ001>082-180400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 0930 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995 A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF TEXAS THROUGH LOUISIANA AND INTO MISSISSIPPI AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING THIS MORNING OVER EASTERN TEXAS AND THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL THERE. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SPREADING INTO SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST TONIGHT. IT IS LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN THREE QUARTERS OF MISSISSIPPI... BUT ALL OF THE STATE WILL BE AT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATER TODAY. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT... HAM OPERATORS AND SPOTTER NETWORKS IS VERY LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 9:30 AM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
MSZ001>082-180400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 0930 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995 A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF TEXAS THROUGH LOUISIANA AND INTO MISSISSIPPI AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING THIS MORNING OVER EASTERN TEXAS AND THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL THERE. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SPREADING INTO SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST TONIGHT. IT IS LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN THREE QUARTERS OF MISSISSIPPI... BUT ALL OF THE STATE WILL BE AT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATER TODAY. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT... HAM OPERATORS AND SPOTTER NETWORKS IS VERY LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite, Pike | 52 min |
| Jan 18, 2:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 54 min |
| Jan 18, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 51 min |
| Jan 18, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 51 min |
| Jan 18, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Leflore | 45 min |
| Jan 18, 3:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Leflore | 54 min |
| Jan 18, 3:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 46 min |
| Jan 18, 3:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada, Montgomery | 52 min |
| Jan 18, 3:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Webster | 48 min |
| Jan 18, 4:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite, Pike | 54 min |
| Jan 18, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 47 min |
| Jan 18, 5:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Pike | 26 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.