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Tornado Warning 147, NWS Jackson, MS

July 4, 1995Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Holmes County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 1995-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2464 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 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
2464 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
10.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 050048
TORJAN
MSC051-163-050145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
745 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HOLMES COUNTY...YAZOO COUNTY
 
JACKSON WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EBENEZER
MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THERE WAS ALSO A REPORT OF A TORNADO
ON THE GROUND AT 740 PM CDT. THIS TORNADO WILL PASS NEAR EBENEZER BY 750
PM AND IS MOVING TOWARDS EAST OF LEXINGTON. IF IT CONTINUES AT THE
CURRENT RATE OF SPEED IT SHOULD BE BETWEEN LEXINGTON AND DURANT BY 815
PM CDT.
 
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, 3 hours 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 EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 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, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo16 min
Jul 4, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala43 min
Jul 5, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNeshoba33 min
Jul 5, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson, Smith40 min
Jul 5, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott40 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.