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Tornado Warning 125, NWS Jackson, MS

April 22, 1995East Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Issaquena County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 1995, 4:57 AM CDT for East Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Issaquena County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 4:57 AM CDT (09:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1995, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, Issaquena County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 1995-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 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 220958
TORJAN
LAC035-MSC055-221030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
457 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...EAST CARROLL PARISH
 
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...ISSAQUENA COUNTY
 
AT 455 AM CDT A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR JUST WEST OF
TRANSYLVANIA MOVING EAST 35 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD AFFECT FITLER BY 530
AAM. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY IN LAKE PROVIDENCE.
 
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.
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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 22, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse55 min
Apr 22, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWest Carroll46 min
Apr 22, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll49 min
Apr 22, 9:17 AM CDTTornado WarningJANTensas58 min
Apr 22, 10:05 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia, Tensas55 min
Apr 22, 10:55 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCatahoula, Franklin, Tensas50 min
Apr 22, 11:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANTensas3 hr
Apr 22, 11:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia3 hr
Apr 22, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANTensas59 min
Apr 22, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison63 min
Apr 22, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington52 min
Apr 22, 4:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey52 min
Apr 22, 5:15 AM CDTTornado WarningJANSharkey30 min
Apr 22, 5:35 AM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo40 min
Apr 22, 5:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren38 min
Apr 22, 5:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison34 min
Apr 22, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes50 min
Apr 22, 6:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds43 min
Apr 22, 6:28 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison32 min
Apr 22, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake41 min
Apr 22, 7:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin44 min
Apr 22, 7:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson46 min
Apr 22, 8:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith56 min
Apr 22, 10:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Jefferson66 min
Apr 22, 10:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison47 min
Apr 22, 10:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin44 min
Apr 22, 10:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar61 min
Apr 22, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne31 min
Apr 22, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion26 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.