Tornado Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Mar 7, 1995, 11:15 AM CST (17:15 UTC)

Expired

Mar 7, 1995, 12:15 PM CST

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, MS, Newton County, MS

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.

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TTAA00 KMEI 071716
TORMEI
MSC061-101-071815-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1115 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...JASPER COUNTY...NEWTON COUNTY
 
AT 1115 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST
NORTHEAST OF SYLVERENA MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOStET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.