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Tornado Warning 132, NWS Jackson, MS

April 22, 1995Lawrence County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 1995, 7:44 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 1995-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 1995-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1335 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 230045
TORJAN
MSC077-230130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
744 PM CDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
RADAR WAS INDICATING A POSSBILE TORNADO BETWEEN RUTH AND JAYESS MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. LINCOLN CD REPORTED A TOUCHDOWN IN RUTH AT 735PM.
 
 
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, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln28 min
Apr 22, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams46 min
Apr 22, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson40 min
Apr 22, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams49 min
Apr 22, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin49 min
Apr 23, 1:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Warren, Yazoo3 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.