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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 1995, 5:09 PM CST for Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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
- Mar 6, 1995, 5:09 PM CST (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1995, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Flora, MS | Numerous trees were twisted off or blown down. One house had minor roof damage. |
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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 853 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 062311 TORJAN MSC089-062345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 509 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...WESTERN MADISON COUNTY JACKSON WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST NORTHEAST OF FLORA AND MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH. A POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS BEEN SPOTTED IN THE VICINITY OF FLORA AND MOVING TO THE NORTH. 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, Mar 6, 1:10 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
110 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995
109 PM CST...JONES COUNTY CD REPORTS NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGE
TO PATROL CAR IN WESTERN LAUREL MISSISSIPPI.Local storm report, Mar 6, 1:14 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
110 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995
109 PM CST...JONES COUNTY CD REPORTS NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGE
TO PATROL CAR IN WESTERN LAUREL MISSISSIPPI.Local storm report, Mar 6, 2:51 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
251 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995
245 PM CST...LAUDERDALE CD REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS 5 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.Local storm report, Mar 6, 2:53 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
251 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995
245 PM CST...LAUDERDALE CD REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS 5 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 12:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 46 min |
| Mar 6, 12:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 56 min |
| Mar 6, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 53 min |
| Mar 6, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 55 min |
| Mar 6, 1:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Smith | 32 min |
| Mar 6, 1:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 27 min |
| Mar 6, 1:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 48 min |
| Mar 6, 1:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 2:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 68 min |
| Mar 6, 2:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 2:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 40 min |
| Mar 6, 2:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 65 min |
| Mar 6, 2:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 34 min |
| Mar 6, 2:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 42 min |
| Mar 6, 3:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 51 min |
| Mar 6, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 64 min |
| Mar 6, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 59 min |
| Mar 6, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 49 min |
| Mar 6, 3:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 41 min |
| Mar 6, 4:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 34 min |
| Mar 6, 4:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 39 min |
| Mar 6, 4:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 37 min |
| Mar 6, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys | 28 min |
| Mar 6, 5:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 46 min |
| Mar 6, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 41 min |
| Mar 6, 5:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 54 min |
| Mar 6, 5:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 47 min |
Nearby
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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.