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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 1995, 5:36 PM CST for Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 1995, 5:36 PM CST (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1995, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Yazoo County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 062338 TORJAN MSC163-070030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 536 PM CST MON MAR 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN YAZOO COUNTY AT 535 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BENTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH RAT 25 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
Local storm report, Mar 6, 1:10 PM CST, 4 hours 26 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, 4 hours 22 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 45 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 43 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, 5:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 36 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, 5:58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.