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Tornado Warning 117, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT for Warren County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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
- Apr 20, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Redwood, MS | A tornado touched down near the intersection of Highways 61 and 3. Several trees and power lines were blown down. A few buildings were destroyed. |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 736 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 202332 TORJAN MSC149-210000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 630 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...WARREN COUNTY AT 630 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO SIX MILES SOUTHEAST OF REDWOOD. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IFN YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. <
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
Local storm report, Apr 20, 1:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
135 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995
TIME (CST) LOCATION REPORT
ESTIMATED
1236 PM CDT N OF WAVERLY LA TORNADO ON GROUND NORTH OF WAVERLY
MADISON PARISH REPORTED BY SHERIFF...BASEBALL SIZE
HAIL ALSO.
1244 PM 5N ONWARD MS PEA SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY HAM
SHARKEY CO
130 PM FITLER MS TREES DOWN NEAR FITLER...REPORTED BY
ISSAQUENA CO HAM OPERATORThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 28 min |
| Apr 20, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 37 min |
| Apr 20, 3:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 20, 3:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 4:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 5:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 6:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 25 min |
| Apr 20, 8:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 31 min |
| Apr 20, 9:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 28 min |
| Apr 20, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 25 min |
| Apr 20, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 32 min |
| Apr 20, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 46 min |
| Apr 20, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 46 min |
| Apr 20, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 46 min |
| Apr 20, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 46 min |
| Apr 20, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 31 min |
| Apr 20, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 52 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.