Tornado Warning 155, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Oct 27, 1995, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)

Expired

Oct 27, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

County Jefferson Davis County, MS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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TTAA00 KJAN 272059
TORJAN
MSC065-272145-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
358 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY
 
AT 358 PM CDT JACKSON DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR MONTICELLO MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO
BASEBALL SIZE AND TORNADOES. ON THE PRESENT COURSE THIS THUNDERSTORM
WILL REACH PRENTISS BY 4:30 PM CDT. PERSONS IN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY
SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
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
NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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In the hours 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.

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.

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.