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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

January 6, 1995Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 6, 1995, 12:12 PM CST for Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 1995, 12:12 PM CST (18:12 UTC)
Expired
Jan 6, 1995, 12:45 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 244 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-01-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-01-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 875 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
95 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
875 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
902 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 061814
TORJAN
MSC089-061845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1212 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CANTON...MOVING TOWARD CANTON AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 7:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Jefferson38 min
Jan 6, 8:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower43 min
Jan 6, 8:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANTallahatchie41 min
Jan 6, 9:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower, Washington30 min
Jan 6, 9:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey36 min
Jan 6, 10:11 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson64 min
Jan 6, 10:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Leflore26 min
Jan 6, 11:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite32 min
Jan 6, 11:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite, Lincoln, Pike48 min
Jan 6, 12:36 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Choctaw54 min
Jan 6, 1:02 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba58 min
Jan 6, 1:05 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba55 min
Jan 6, 1:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar25 min
Jan 6, 1:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones49 min
Jan 6, 2:02 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw28 min
Jan 6, 2:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton63 min
Jan 6, 2:20 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWayne40 min
Jan 6, 3:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWayne48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.