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Tornado Warning 149, NWS Jackson, MS

July 5, 1995Neshoba County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1995, 3:12 PM CDT for Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1995, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1995, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Neshoba County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 1995-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2447 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1995-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 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
2447 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
9.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 052018 COR
TORJAN
MSC099-052045-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
312 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

   ...NESHOBA COUNTY

A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 7 SOUTHWEST OF PHILADELPHIA
MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT SHOULD BE THE PHILADELPHIA AREA 325
PM.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF

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 5, 10:03 AM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
MSZ001>017-024-060215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1015 AM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

THE AIRMASS OVER MISSISSIPPI CONTINUES TO BECOME INCREASINGLY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER
ALL THE STATE...AND SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE NORTH AND
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY AREAS FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT A FEW SEVERE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER NETWORKS...CIVIL DEFENSE AND HAM RADIO PERSONNEL
MAY BE NECESSARY IN THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 10:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
MSZ001>082-060300-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1015 AM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

THE AIRMASS OVER MISSISSIPPI CONTINUES TO BECOME INCREASINGLY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER
ALL THE STATE...AND SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE SOUTH AND
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY AREAS FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT A FEW SEVERE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER NETWORKS...CIVIL DEFENSE AND HAM RADIO PERSONNEL
MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
MSZ001>082-060300-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1015 AM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

THE AIRMASS OVER MISSISSIPPI CONTINUES TO BECOME INCREASINGLY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER
ALL THE STATE...AND SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE SOUTH AND
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY AREAS FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT A FEW SEVERE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER NETWORKS...CIVIL DEFENSE AND HAM RADIO PERSONNEL
MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes60 min
Jul 4, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala43 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.