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Tornado Warning 129, NWS Jackson, MS

April 22, 1995Claiborne County, Warren County, Mississippi; Tensas Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 1995, 9:17 AM CDT for Claiborne County, Warren County, Mississippi; Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 9:17 AM CDT (14:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1995, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Tensas Parish, LA, Claiborne County, MS, Warren County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1788 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 234 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1788 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
10.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 221417
TORJAN
LAC107-MSC021-149-221515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
917 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...TENSAS PARISH
 
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...CLAIBORNE COUNTY...SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 915 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ST. JOSEPH MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE MOVING JUST NORTH OF
ST. JOSEPH AND CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AROUND 930 AM SOUTH OF
PORT GIBSON.
 
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena49 min
Apr 22, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington52 min
Apr 22, 4:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey52 min
Apr 22, 4:57 AM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena33 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, 11:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Jefferson3 hr
Apr 22, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson59 min
Apr 22, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren63 min
Apr 22, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne31 min
Apr 22, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion26 min
Apr 22, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse55 min
Apr 22, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWest Carroll46 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 WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia3 hr

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.