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Tornado Warning 123, NWS Jackson, MS

April 20, 1995Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1995, 8:03 PM CDT for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 1995, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Hinds County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 35 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1995-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2096 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1995-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 210103
TORJAN
MSC049-210145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
803 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HINDS COUNTY
 
AT 8 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO BETWEEN EDWARDS AND RAYMOND.
IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IT WILL PASS NEAR CLINTON BY 820 PM.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF
NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds, Rankin41 min
Apr 20, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake49 min
Apr 20, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison29 min
Apr 20, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams52 min
Apr 20, 8:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison3 hr
Apr 20, 8:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLeake3 hr
Apr 20, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake, Neshoba44 min
Apr 20, 8:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds3 hr
Apr 20, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee50 min
Apr 20, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper51 min
Apr 20, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale52 min
Apr 21, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar54 min
Apr 21, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.