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Tornado Warning 150, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 1995, 9:02 PM CDT for Franklin Parish, Madison Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 1995, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1713 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 17.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 290205 TORJAN LAC041-065-083-290300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 902 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...NORTHERN FRANKLIN PARISH...WESTERN MADISON PARISH ...EASTERN RICHLAND PARISH AT 9 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST WEST OF WAVERLY. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MADISON/FRANKLIN PARISH LINE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 132 AND 17 BY 915 PM. 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. <
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
Local storm report, Jul 28, 7:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
710 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION......
406 PM NOXAPATER MS REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE
07/28/95 WINSTON COUNTY HAIL BY MSU CLIMATE LAB.
410 PM 8W OF CARTHAGE MS TREES DOWN ON HWY 25 NE
LEAKE COUNTY OF CARTHAGE.
525 PM PELAHATCHIE MS DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
RANKIN COUNTY BY RANKIN EOC.
515 PM UNION MS TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
NEWTON COUNTY WSO MERIDIAN.
535- N. SMITH AND S. SCOTT COUNTIES MS DIME SIZE HAIL...
550 PM POWER LINES DOWN AND
TREES DOWN SEEN BY
PUBLIC.
520 PM BRAXTON NICKEL SIZE HAIL
RANKIN/SIMPSON COUNTY LINE COVERING GROUND REPRTD
BY HATTIESBURG MHP.
550 PM HWY 13 NEAR MENDANHALL TREE TOPS DOWN/DIME
SIMPSON COUNTY SIZE HAIL...REPORTED
BY JACKSON MHP.Local storm report, Jul 28, 7:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
710 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION......
406 PM NOXAPATER MS REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE
07/28/95 WINSTON COUNTY HAIL BY MSU CLIMATE LAB.
410 PM 8W OF CARTHAGE MS TREES DOWN ON HWY 25 NE
LEAKE COUNTY OF CARTHAGE.
525 PM PELAHATCHIE MS DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
RANKIN COUNTY BY RANKIN EOC.
515 PM UNION MS TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
NEWTON COUNTY WSO MERIDIAN.
535- N. SMITH AND S. SCOTT COUNTIES MS DIME SIZE HAIL...
550 PM POWER LINES DOWN AND
TREES DOWN SEEN BY
PUBLIC.
520 PM BRAXTON NICKEL SIZE HAIL
RANKIN/SIMPSON COUNTY LINE COVERING GROUND REPRTD
BY HATTIESBURG MHP.
550 PM HWY 13 NEAR MENDANHALL TREE TOPS DOWN/DIME
SIMPSON COUNTY SIZE HAIL...REPORTED
BY JACKSON MHP.Special weather statement, Jul 28, 8:25 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
MSZ001>082-290400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
825 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 875 CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST
MISSISSIPPI...
NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WEST AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
TONIGHT. HOWEVER...STORM ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY OVER
NORTHEAST AND EAST SECTIONS OF THE STATE. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED
FOR MOST AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM BATESVILLE TO GRENADA TO CARTHAGE TO
WAYNESBORO.
OTHER COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA REMAIN UNDER THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES.Special weather statement, Jul 28, 8:28 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
MSZ001>082-290400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
825 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 875 CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST
MISSISSIPPI...
NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WEST AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
TONIGHT. HOWEVER...STORM ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY OVER
NORTHEAST AND EAST SECTIONS OF THE STATE. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED
FOR MOST AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM BATESVILLE TO GRENADA TO CARTHAGE TO
WAYNESBORO.
OTHER COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA REMAIN UNDER THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, West Carroll | 66 min |
| Jul 28, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 43 min |
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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.