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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Jackson, MS

January 18, 1995Grenada County, Montgomery County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 18, 1995, 3:38 PM CST for Grenada County, Montgomery County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 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, 3:38 PM CST (21:38 UTC)
Expired: Jan 18, 1995, 4:30 PM CST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Grenada County, MS, Montgomery County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 18, 3:48 PM CST	Tornado F0	Winona, MS	This Weak tornado was tracked across the city of Winona. Only minor damage to trees and signs was reported.

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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 182140
TORJAN
MSC097-043-182230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
338 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...GRENADA COUNTY
 
AT 338 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO...15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GRENADA.
 
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 6COVER YOUR HEAD.
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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, 3:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll	40 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

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.