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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Jackson, MS

March 7, 1995Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 1995, 12:13 PM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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, 12:13 PM CST (18:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 1995, 12:45 PM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Forrest County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 7, 12:17 PM CST	Tornado F0	Lumberton, MS	This tornado was observed by local law officials. The only damage was a few trees blown down.

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, 6.2 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 071814
TORJAN
MSC035-071845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1213 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...FORREST COUNTY
 
AT 1212 PM...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT FIVE MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HATTIESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.  AS A
LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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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

Special weather statement, Mar 7, 8:53 AM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before

MSZ001>082-080400-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
900 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995

...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF MISSISSIPPI
    TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS CONTINUES TO PREVAIL ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
WEST. CONDITIONS REMAIN VERY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING
TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL... ESPE4CIALLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE
STATE.

CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS WILL WANT TO HAVE STAFFING AND PREPAREDNESS AT
FULL STRENGTH TODAY AND TONIGHT TO DEAL WITH THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

Special weather statement, Mar 7, 9:00 AM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before

MSZ001>082-080400-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
900 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995

...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF MISSISSIPPI
    TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS CONTINUES TO PREVAIL ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE
WEST. CONDITIONS REMAIN VERY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING
TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL... ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE
STATE.

CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS WILL WANT TO HAVE STAFFING AND PREPAREDNESS AT
FULL STRENGTH TODAY AND TONIGHT TO DEAL WITH THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

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Local storm report, Mar 7, 10:00 AM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1000 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995

TIME (CST)    LOCATION          REPORT

1230 AM       FRENCH CAMP       PEA SIZE HAIL
              CHOCTAW CO

330-400 AM    VICKSBURG         TREES DOWN AND SOME MUD SLIDES
              WARREN CO

730 AM APPROX 2N BELLEFONTAINE  STARKVILLE MHP REPORTED DAMAGE TO A HOUSE
              WEBSTER CO        AND TRACTOR TRAILER. LATER REPORT 2 HOUSES
                                DAMAGED... LARGE TREES TWISTED OFF...
                                MOBILE HOME DESTROYED.

850 AM        NATCHEZ           MORGANTOWN SUBDIVISION... NUMEROUS TREES
              ADAMS CO          DOWN POWER OUT.
<             WARREN CO         VICKSBURG PD REPORTED TREES DOWN...
940 AM                          HALF A BUILDING DAMAGED...SHEET METAL
                                ROOF BLOWN OFF.

Local storm report, Mar 7, 10:08 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1000 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995

TIME (CST)    LOCATION          REPORT

1230 AM       FRENCH CAMP       PEA SIZE HAIL
              CHOCTAW CO

330-400 AM    VICKSBURG         TREES DOWN AND SOME MUD SLIDES
              WARREN CO

730 AM APPROX 2N BELLEFONTAINE  STARKVILLE MHP REPORTED DAMAGE TO A HOUSE
              WEBSTER CO        AND TRACTOR TRAILER. LATER REPORT 2 HOUSES
                                DAMAGED... LARGE TREES TWISTED OFF...
                                MOBILE HOME DESTROYED.

850 AM        NATCHEZ           MORGANTOWN SUBDIVISION... NUMEROUS TREES
              ADAMS CO          DOWN POWER OUT.
<             WARREN CO         VICKSBURG PD REPORTED TREES DOWN...
940 AM                          HALF A BUILDING DAMAGED...SHEET METAL
                                ROOF BLOWN OFF.

Special weather statement, Mar 7, 10:16 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

MSZ009-012-071815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1015AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 90 WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT WAYNE IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST. THIS REPLACED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 87.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 89 INCLUDES OTHER COUNTIES IN MISSISSIP
UNTIL 200 PM CST.

AT 1012AM CST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI FROM CRYSTAL SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI
TO LUCEDALE MISSISSIPPI. ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE INDICATED IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI NORTH OF A KOSCIUSCO TO MACON LINE.
MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.

KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

Local storm report, Mar 7, 12:07 PM CST, 6 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1215 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995

TIME (CST)    LOCATION          REPORT

830 AM        VALLEY PARK       HOUSE CRUSHED BY TREE...NO INJURIES
              ISSAQUENA CO

1010 AM       JACKSON HAWKINS   COLLAPSED MAINTENANCE BUILDING...ONE WALL
                 FIELD HINDS CO  LEFT STANDING... UNCONFIRMED TORNADO

1015 AM       PRENTISS 6W       TREES DOWN...DIME SIZE HAIL 6 MILES WEST
              JEFF DAVIS CO     OF PRENTISS

1020 AM       BROOKHAVEN        TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 51 NORTH OF
              LINCOLN CO        BROOKHAVEN...DIME SIZE HAIL... ROOF OF
                                A CHURCH DAMAGED IN DOWNTOWN AREA
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1025 AM       CHATAWA           DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
               PIKE CO

1040 AM       CAMP SHELBY       TORNADO TOUCHDOWN... 10-15 TREES DAMAGED
               FORREST CO

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, 10:37 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	23 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, 12:14 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.