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Tornado Warning 121, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1995, 7:19 PM CDT for Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1995, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hinds County, MS, Rankin County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 2096 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.0
- Supercell composite
- 14.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 210020 TORJAN MSC049-121-210100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 719 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...HINDS COUNTY...RANKIN COUNTY AT 715 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST WEST OF JACKSON. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IbT WILL PASS NORTHERN HINDS AND NORTHWEST RANKIN DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. IF 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, 5 hours 41 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, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 29 min |
| Apr 20, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 8:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 8:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 8:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 52 min |
| Apr 21, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 54 min |
| Apr 21, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 28 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.