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Tornado Warning 161, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 1995, 4:46 AM CST for Covington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 1995, 4:46 AM CST (10:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 1995, 5:15 AM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Covington County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 4:55 AM CST | Tornado 0 | Covington, MS | The tornado started at 0455 am one mile south of Mount Olive and moved east and lifted two miles northeast of Smith at 0505. Seven homes were severely damaged or destroyed. There were an unknown number of houses with at least some damage. Three mobile homes w |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 433 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 111048 TORJAN MSC031-111115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 446 AM CST SAT NOV 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...COVINGTON COUNTY AT 445 AM...NATIONAL WEATEHR SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO THREE MILES EAST OF MT OLIVE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. 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, Nov 11, 3:55 AM CST, 51 minutes before
LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ001>004-007-008-010>015-020>022-028- 018-019-025>028-034>036-040> 042-047-053-059-060-111145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 355 AM CST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE STATE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS IS GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A CORINTH TO CALHOUN CITY TO A NATCHEZ LINE.
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 3:56 AM CST, 50 minutes before
LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ001>004-007-008-010>015-020>022-028- 018-019-025>028-034>036-040> 042-047-053-059-060-111145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 355 AM CST SAT NOV 11 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE STATE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS IS GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A CORINTH TO CALHOUN CITY TO A NATCHEZ LINE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 1:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 42 min |
| Nov 11, 1:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 47 min |
| Nov 11, 2:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey | 30 min |
| Nov 11, 2:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Leflore, Yazoo | 47 min |
| Nov 11, 2:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 47 min |
| Nov 11, 2:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 47 min |
| Nov 11, 3:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Nov 11, 3:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Madison | 41 min |
| Nov 11, 3:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster | 41 min |
| Nov 11, 3:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 41 min |
| Nov 11, 3:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 54 min |
| Nov 11, 3:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 54 min |
| Nov 11, 3:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 54 min |
| Nov 11, 3:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 54 min |
| Nov 11, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Newton, Scott, Winston | 45 min |
| Nov 11, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 45 min |
| Nov 11, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Smith | 45 min |
| Nov 11, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 45 min |
| Nov 11, 5:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 45 min |
| Nov 11, 5:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 45 min |
| Nov 11, 5:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 30 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.