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Tornado Warning 135, NWS Jackson, MS

May 8, 1995Scott County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1995, 4:31 PM CDT for Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 1995, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Scott County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1323 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 181 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 082133
TORJAN
MSC123-082215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
431 PM CDT MON MAY 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SCOTT COUNTY
 
A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF MORTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR HARPERVILLE BY 445PM.
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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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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, May 8, 3:33 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
330 PM CDT MON MAY 8 1995

TIME (CDT)    LOCATION           REPORT

325 PM        RAYMOND            SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN
              HINDS C^O.          HIND CO. EOC

Local storm report, May 8, 3:38 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
337 PM CDT MON MAY 8 1995

TIME (CDT)    LOCATION           REPORT

335 PM        3 S CLINTON        POSSIBLE TORNADO, DESTROYED MOBILE HOME
      n        HINDS CO.          HAMS

Local storm report, May 8, 3:55 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
350 PM CDT MON MAY 8 1995

TIME (CDT)    LOCATION           REPORT

UNKN          RAYMOND            HOMES DAMAGED AND TREES DOWN.
              HINDS CO.          HINDS EOC.

340 PM        PRENTISS/          TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. ALSO
              JEFFERSON DAVIS CO. TREES DOWN AND CROSS US. 84 WEST
                                  OF PRENTISS.

Local storm report, May 8, 3:59 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
337 PM CDT MON MAY 8 1995

TIME (CDT)    LOCATION           REPORT

335 PM        3 S CLINTON        THUNDERSTORM WIND DESTROYED MOBILE HOME
              HINDS CO.          WAS NOT A TORNADO.

Local storm report, May 8, 4:13 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
410 PM CDT MON MAY 8 1995

TIME (CDT)    LOCATION           REPORT

330 PM        3E MCCALL CREEK    NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN
              LINCOLN CO.        ALONG HIWAY 84

Local storm report, May 8, 4:22 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
422 PM CDT MON MAY 8 1995

TIME (CDT)    LOCATION           REPORT

414 PM        PINOLA             SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN AND
              SIM6PSON CO.        A CHICKEN HOUSE DESTROYED

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 12:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	42 min
May 8, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	31 min
May 8, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne	32 min
May 8, 2:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Hinds	43 min
May 8, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	53 min
May 8, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	53 min
May 8, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	54 min
May 8, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	42 min
May 8, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	43 min
May 8, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	43 min
May 8, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Smith	47 min
May 8, 4:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson	44 min
May 8, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	48 min
May 8, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	54 min
May 8, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Lamar	51 min
May 8, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	52 min
May 8, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	43 min
May 8, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	34 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.