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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Jackson, MS

April 11, 1995Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 1995, 6:08 AM CDT for Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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: Apr 11, 1995, 6:08 AM CDT (11:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 1995, 6:45 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 11, 6:15 AM CDT	Tornado F1	Clyde, MS	One hundred to one hundred-fifty trees were blown down. Several houses sustained roof or structural damage. A few houses had their roofs removed. A few vehicles were damaged by fallen trees. A few mobile homes were damaged by high winds or fallen trees. A

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 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -275 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1123 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 111110
TORJAN
MSC035-073-111145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
608 AM CDT TUE APR 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...FORREST COUNTY...LAMAR COUNTY
 
AT 603 AM...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED JUST NORTHWEST OF
PURVIS...MOVING NORTHEAST IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO HATTIESBURG BY 615 AM.
 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AT BAXTERVILLE SHORTLY
AFTER 605 AM.
 
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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	48 min
Apr 11, 3:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	47 min
Apr 11, 3:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne	37 min
Apr 11, 3:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lincoln	30 min
Apr 11, 3:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	31 min
Apr 11, 4:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	44 min
Apr 11, 4:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	47 min
Apr 11, 4:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds	35 min
Apr 11, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	45 min
Apr 11, 4:48 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Leflore	42 min
Apr 11, 5:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence	29 min
Apr 11, 5:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	42 min
Apr 11, 5:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson	48 min
Apr 11, 5:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Marion	37 min
Apr 11, 6:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	30 min
Apr 11, 6:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	31 min
Apr 11, 6:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	47 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.