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Tornado Warning 144, NWS Jackson, MS

July 4, 1995Humphreys County, Sharkey County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1995, 5:54 PM CDT for Humphreys County, Sharkey County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Humphreys County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2293 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2293 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 042257
TORJAN
MSC163-053-125-042345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
554 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN YAZOO COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY...EASTERN SHARKEY COUNTY
 
JACKSON DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HOLLY BLUFF AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH.
THE POSSIBLE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR HOLLY BLUFF BY 6 TO 610 PM
THIS EVENING.
 
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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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, Jul 4, 4:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
MSZ042>066-072-073-042200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
403 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 702 CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
NORTH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...WARREN...YAZOO...MADISON...LEAKE
...NESHOBA AND KEMPER.  THESE COUNTIES AND ALL COUNTIES TO THE SOUTH
IN MISSISSIPPI ARE NO LONGER UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THIS
AFTERNOON.  THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED NORTH INTO NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
WHICH COULD MOVE INTO THE DELTA COUNTIES OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY 5
PM THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
MSZ042>066-072-073-042200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
403 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 702 CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
NORTH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...WARREN...YAZOO...MADISON...LEAKE
...NESHOBA AND KEMPER.  THESE COUNTIES AND ALL COUNTIES TO THE SOUTH
IN MISSISSIPPI ARE NO LONGER UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THIS
AFTERNOON.  THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED NORTH INTO NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
WHICH COULD MOVE INTO THE DELTA COUNTIES OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY 5
PM THIS EVENIN6G.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes46 min
Jul 4, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes29 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.