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Tornado Warning 142, NWS Jackson, MS

May 18, 1995Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 9:11 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lauderdale County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 9:23 PM CDTTornado F0Lauderdale, MSThis tornado was sighted by a spotter. It touched down briefly and dissipated.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 1995-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 488 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 1995-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 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
488 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1229 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 190212
TORJAN
MSC075-190300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
911 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY
 
AT 911 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES
WEST OF WHYNOT. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD
AFFECT WHYNOT BY 930 PM.
 
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
May 18, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale46 min
May 18, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke53 min
May 18, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton43 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.