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Tornado Warning 143, NWS Jackson, MS

May 31, 1995Bolivar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1995, 1:43 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 18 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1995, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1995, 2:01 PM CDT
In force
18 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, 6.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 109 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 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 311850 COR
TORJAN
MSC011-311915-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED FOR LOCATION
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
143 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

   ...BOLIVAR COUNTY

SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR PACE IN CENTRAL BOLIVAR
COUNTY. THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED TO BE EXTENDED ABOUT THREE
QUARTERS OF THE WAY TO THE GROUND. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS FUNNEL
CLOUD COULD TOUCH DOWN BRIEFLY AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 20 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN
INTERIORH ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE.
USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD.
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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

Special weather statement, May 31, 10:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
MSZ001>082-310400-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1000 AM CDT WED MAY 31 1995

A MOIST AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS OVER MISSISSIPPI TODAY.  A
STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS STALLED EAST TO WEST OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE
BEST CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OVER SOUTH
WEST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING.  THERE WILL BE A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE AS WELL. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG
...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE STATE. THE VAST MAJORITY
OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL NOT REACH SEVERE LEVELS.

DUE TO THE SLIGHT RISK OF A FEW OF THE STRONG STORMS...THERE IS A SLIGHT
CHANCE THAT THE ASSISTANCE OF STORM SPOTTER...HAM RADIO...CIVIL DEFENSE
AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY UNITS MAY BE NEEDED IF A FEW OF THE STORMS
BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER
THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington42 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.