Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 6, 1995, 1:56 PM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 1995, 1:56 PM CST (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1995, 2:45 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 534 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 061957 TORMEI MSC067-062045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 156 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...JONES COUNTY ...AT 1:55 PM CST...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN SOUTHERN JONES...3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOSSELLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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, Jan 6, 9:41 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-061745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 941 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 TORNADO WATCH NO. 2 IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1 PM CST...INCLUDING WINSTON AND NESHOBA COUNTIES AT 931 AM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI FROM CHARLESTON SOUTHWEST TO HOLLANDALE MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST. A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WAS AHEAD OF THE LINE GENERALLY WEST OF A HOUSTON...MATHISTON...LEXINGTON LINE. OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUED FROM THE SHUBUTA AND BAY SPRINGS AREA SOUTHWEST ACROSS LAUREL AND HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI AREAS. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY WEATHER ALERT DUE TO THE POTENTIAL...THE STORM SYSTEM TO OUR WEST POSSESSES. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LASTEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 11:48 AM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-061945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1148 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 2 FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING WINSTON AND NESHOBA COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 1 PM CST... AT 1142 AM CST...A BROAD BAND OF RAIN ALONG WITH WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO LOUISVILLE...CARTHAGE...AND CRYSTAL SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGER STORMS APPEAR BETWEEN YAZOO CITY AND ACKERMAN. THIS BAND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE STORMS WITH THE BAND MOVED NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...ONE WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THIS BAND FROM MERIDIAN SOUTH TO MCLAIN AND WEST TO D'LO MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS INDICATED NEAR HEILDELBERG. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD STAY ALERT IN CASE WATCHES/WARNING ARE ISSUED FARTHER EAST. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 11:49 AM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-061945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1148 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 2 FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING WINSTON AND NESHOBA COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 1 PM CST... AT 1142 AM CST...A BROAD BAND OF RAIN ALONG WITH WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO LOUISVILLE...CARTHAGE...AND CRYSTAL SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGER STORMS APPEAR BETWEEN YAZOO CITY AND ACKERMAN. THIS BAND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE STORMS WITH THE BAND MOVED NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...ONE WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THIS BAND FROM MERIDIAN SOUTH TO MCLAIN AND WEST TO D'LO MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS INDICATED NEAR HEILDELBERG. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD STAY ALERT IN CASE WATCHES/WARNING ARE ISSUED FARTHER EAST. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Local storm report, Jan 6, 1:32 PM CST, 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1327 CST...NESHOBA MS CD REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL 31/2 MI SE
OF PHILADELPHIA MSLocal storm report, Jan 6, 1:32 PM CST, 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1327 CST...NESHOBA MS CD REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL 31/2 MI SE
OF PHILADELPHIA MSLocal storm report, Jan 6, 1:33 PM CST, 23 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
133 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995
1327 CST...NESHOBA MS CD REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL 31/2 MI SE
OF PHILADELPHIA MSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 7:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jan 6, 8:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 43 min |
| Jan 6, 8:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tallahatchie | 41 min |
| Jan 6, 9:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 30 min |
| Jan 6, 9:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 36 min |
| Jan 6, 10:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 64 min |
| Jan 6, 10:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore | 26 min |
| Jan 6, 11:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite | 32 min |
| Jan 6, 11:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite, Lincoln, Pike | 48 min |
| Jan 6, 12:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 33 min |
| Jan 6, 12:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 54 min |
| Jan 6, 1:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 58 min |
| Jan 6, 1:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 55 min |
| Jan 6, 1:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 25 min |
| Jan 6, 2:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 28 min |
| Jan 6, 2:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 63 min |
| Jan 6, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Wayne | 40 min |
| Jan 6, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wayne | 48 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.