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Tornado Warning 149, NWS Jackson, MS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 16 min |
| Jul 4, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 60 min |
| Jul 4, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 40 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.