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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Jackson, MS

April 11, 1995Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 1995, 5:27 AM CDT for Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1995, 5:27 AM CDT (10:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1995, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Simpson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 48 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1995-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1995-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-351 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 111028
TORJAN
MSC127-111115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
527 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SIMPSON COUNTY
 
AT 524AM JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF ROUTE
28 BETWEEN GEORGETOWN AND PINOLA. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE BETWEEN
HARRISVILLE AND PINOLA TOWARDS THE DLO COMMUNITY BETWEEN 545 AND 600AM.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams48 min
Apr 11, 3:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin47 min
Apr 11, 3:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne37 min
Apr 11, 3:30 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLincoln30 min
Apr 11, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren31 min
Apr 11, 4:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds44 min
Apr 11, 4:13 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln47 min
Apr 11, 4:25 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds35 min
Apr 11, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson45 min
Apr 11, 4:48 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Leflore42 min
Apr 11, 5:01 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLawrence29 min
Apr 11, 5:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion42 min
Apr 11, 5:38 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion37 min
Apr 11, 6:00 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jones30 min
Apr 11, 6:08 AM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar37 min
Apr 11, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Jones31 min
Apr 11, 6:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale47 min

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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.