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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 1995, 10:37 AM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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 7, 1995, 10:37 AM CST (16:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Forrest County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 10:40 AM CST | Tornado F0 | Hattiesburg, MS | The tornado touched down in Camp Shelby, a reserve base, and blew down 50 trees, but did not damage any structures. |
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 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1340 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 11.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 071638 TORJAN MSC035-071700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1037 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...SOUTHERN FORREST COUNTY AT 1035 AM...PUBLIC REPORTS OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR THE BROOKLYN COMMUNITY MOVING NORTHEAST 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. <
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey | 51 min |
| Mar 6, 6:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 31 min |
| Mar 7, 3:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 27 min |
| Mar 7, 3:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Yazoo | 32 min |
| Mar 7, 6:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 36 min |
| Mar 7, 7:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 27 min |
| Mar 7, 8:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 32 min |
| Mar 7, 8:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 30 min |
| Mar 7, 8:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Mar 7, 9:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 51 min |
| Mar 7, 9:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 53 min |
| Mar 7, 9:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 42 min |
| Mar 7, 9:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 51 min |
| Mar 7, 9:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Pike | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 9:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 9:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 42 min |
| Mar 7, 9:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 54 min |
| Mar 7, 9:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Mar 7, 10:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 45 min |
| Mar 7, 10:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 42 min |
| Mar 7, 10:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Pike | 39 min |
| Mar 7, 10:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 36 min |
| Mar 7, 10:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 42 min |
| Mar 7, 10:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 54 min |
| Mar 7, 10:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 51 min |
| Mar 7, 10:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 10:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 10:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 63 min |
| Mar 7, 10:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 45 min |
| Mar 7, 10:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 55 min |
| Mar 7, 10:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Walthall | 36 min |
| Mar 7, 11:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 30 min |
| Mar 7, 11:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 60 min |
| Mar 7, 11:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 42 min |
| Mar 7, 11:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 54 min |
| Mar 7, 11:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 68 min |
| Mar 7, 11:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 52 min |
| Mar 7, 11:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 31 min |
| Mar 7, 11:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 67 min |
| Mar 7, 11:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Leflore | 48 min |
| Mar 7, 12:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 51 min |
| Mar 7, 12:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 32 min |
| Mar 7, 12:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 12:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 13 min |
| Mar 7, 12:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 65 min |
| Mar 7, 12:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wayne | 62 min |
| Mar 7, 12:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 54 min |
| Mar 7, 12:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 64 min |
| Mar 7, 1:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 69 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.