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Tornado Warning 136, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1995, 6:39 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1995, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bolivar County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 818 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 152341 TORJAN MSC011-160030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 639 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...BOLIVAR COUNTY AT 635 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO...ALONG WITH SPOTTER REPORTS DEVELOPING FOUR MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEVELAND. IT WAS MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL LIKELY MOVE NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF MERIGOLD AND ALONG ROUTE 61 JUST NORTH OF CLEVELAND BEFORE 705 PM. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR APARTMENT. AVOID W:INDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS. <
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 15, 4:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
417 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR TUESDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT) LOCATION REPORT
315 PM NEAR SHAW IN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
SOUTHERN BOLIVAR GROUND. REPORTED BY LOCAL TV
COUNTY MS STATION.
330 PM NORTHERN GREENVILLE QUARTER SIZE HAIL. REPORTED AT
CITY LIMITS IN LOCAL TV STATION IN GREENVILLE.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
MS
336 PM GREENVILLE IN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
WASHINGTON COUNTY MS AT LOCAL TELEVISION STATION IN
GREENVILLE.
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345 PM TO NORTHERN CARROLLTON NICKEL TO GOLFBALL SIZE
400 PM IN CARROLL COUNTY MS HAIL REPORTED BY SHERRIFFS
DEPUTIES ALONG MS HWY 35
f NORTH OF CARROLLTON AS WELL
AS AT THE SHERRIFFS OFFICE IN
CARROLLTON.Local storm report, May 15, 4:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TRANSMIT DATE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
417 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1995
THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR TUESDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT) LOCATION REPORT
315 PM NEAR SHAW IN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
SOUTHERN BOLIVAR GROUND. REPORTED BY LOCAL TV
COUNTY MS STATION.
330 PM NORTHERN GREENVILLE QUARTER SIZE HAIL. REPORTED AT
CITY LIMITS IN LOCAL TV STATION IN GREENVILLE.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
MS
336 PM GREENVILLE IN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
WASHINGTON COUNTY MS AT LOCAL TELEVISION STATION IN
GREENVILLE.
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345 PM TO NORTHERN CARROLLTON NICKEL TO GOLFBALL SIZE
400 PM IN CARROLL COUNTY MS HAIL REPORTED BY SHERRIFFS
DEPUTIES ALOtNG MS HWY 35
NORTH OF CARROLLTON AS WELL
AS AT THE SHERRIFFS OFFICE IN
CARROLLTON.Local storm report, May 15, 4:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TRANSMIT DATE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
417 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR MONDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT) LOCATION REPORT
315 PM NEAR SHAW IN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
SOUTHERN BOLIVAR GROUND. REPORTED BY LOCAL TV
COUNTY MS STATION.
330 PM NORTHERN GREENVILLE QUARTER SIZE HAIL. REPORTED AT
CITY LIMITS IN LOCAL TV STATION IN GREENVILLE.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
MS
336 PM GREENVILLE IN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
WASHINGTON COUNTY MS AT LOCAL TELEVISION STATION IN
GREENVILLE.
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345 PM TO NORTHERN CARROLLTON NICKEL TO GOLFBALL SIZE
400 PM IN CARROLL COUNTY MS HAIL REPORTED BY SHERRIFFS
DEPUTIES ALON~G MS HWY 35
NORTH OF CARROLLTON AS WELL
AS AT THE SHERRIFFS OFFICE IN
CARROLLTON.Local storm report, May 15, 5:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
538 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR MONDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT) LOCATION REPORT
520 PM SOUTH OF ETHEL AND REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
NEW HOPE IN ATTALLA ALONG HWY 19 AND 14 SOUTH OF THE
COUNTY MS ETHEL COMMUNITY. SEVERAL TREES
WERE ALSO DOWNED IN NEW HOPpE
AT THE SAME TIME.Local storm report, May 15, 6:21 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
621 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR MONDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT) LOCATION REPORT
538 PM SOUTHWEST WINSTON QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
COUNTY MS BY EOC IN SW CORNER OF COUNTY
NEAR HWY 25. REPORT RELAYED
BY MEI WSO.
600 PM NESHOBA COUNTY MS NESHOBA EOC REPORTED 3/4 INCH
HAIL (DIME SIZE) JUST NORTH OF
PHILADELPHIA.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 29 min |
| May 15, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 52 min |
| May 15, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 49 min |
| May 15, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 44 min |
| May 15, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 44 min |
| May 15, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore, Montgomery | 45 min |
| May 15, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 50 min |
| May 15, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 52 min |
| May 15, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 49 min |
| May 15, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 42 min |
| May 15, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 68 min |
| May 15, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 62 min |
| May 15, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 35 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.