Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 154, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 1995, 3:38 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 1995, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lawrence County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 12.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 272039 TORJAN MSC077-272130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 338 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 337 PM CDT JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING A TORNADO JUST EAST OF BROOKHAVEN MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND NORTHWEST OF BROOKHAVEN AT 335 PM CDT. ON ITS PRESENT COURSE THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY BETWEEN MONTICELLO AND OMA. THIS STORM HAS ALSO PRODUCED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IN BROOKHAVEN WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PERSONS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY SHOULD BE TAKING COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 10:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
MSZ001>082-280400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 1995 THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW OCCURRING AND WILL BE DEVELOPING ACROSS ALL BUT EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... AND POSSIBLE EVEN A TORNADO. ACTIVATION BY CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTORS...HAM RADIO COORDINATORS AND SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 10:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
MSZ001>082-280400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 1995 THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW OCCURRING AND WILL BE DEVELOPING ACROSS ALL BUT EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... AND POSSIBLE EVEN A TORNADO. ACTIVATION BY CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTORS...HAM RADIO COORDINATORS AND SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL LIKELY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 49 min |
| Oct 27, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 35 min |
| Oct 27, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 38 min |
| Oct 27, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 49 min |
| Oct 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 49 min |
| Oct 27, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 40 min |
| Oct 27, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 67 min |
| Oct 27, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 49 min |
| Oct 27, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 49 min |
| Oct 27, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 64 min |
| Oct 27, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 52 min |
| Oct 27, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 49 min |
| Oct 27, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 42 min |
| Oct 27, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 47 min |
| Oct 27, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 47 min |
| Oct 27, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 37 min |
| Oct 27, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 45 min |
| Oct 27, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 48 min |
| Oct 27, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 34 min |
| Oct 27, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 45 min |
| Oct 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 55 min |
| Oct 27, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 57 min |
| Oct 27, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 31 min |
| Oct 27, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 38 min |
| Oct 27, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 50 min |
| Oct 27, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 46 min |
| Oct 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 45 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995
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.