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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Jackson, MS

March 7, 1995Clarke County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 1995, 12:56 PM CST for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 7, 1995, 12:56 PM CST (18:56 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 1995, 2:00 PM CST
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Clarke County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 1025 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 6.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 071857
TORMEI
MSC023-072000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1256 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...CLARKE COUNTY
 
AT 1256 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN
NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY 7 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF QUITMAN MOVING TO THE
EAST 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
SjUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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, 12:13 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.