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Tornado Warning 151, NWS Jackson, MS

August 3, 1995Scott County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 1995, 5:14 PM CDT for Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 1995, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 1995, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Scott County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 1995-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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 1995-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -55 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 032217
TORJAN
MSC123-032245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
514 PM CDT THU AUG 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SCOTT COUNTY
 
AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WEST OF HARPERVILLE IN NORTHERN SCOTT
COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
ON THIS TRACK...THE STORM WILL PASS ACROSS NORTHWEST SCOTT COUNTY TO
NEAR FORKVILLE BY 530 PM.
 
SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR APARTMENT.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD FROM FLYING
DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS.

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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.