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Tornado Warning 143, NWS Jackson, MS
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.
- 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
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. < &
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.