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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1995, 12:23 PM CDT for East Carroll Parish, Madison Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1995, 12:23 PM CDT (17:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1995, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 736 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 201725 TORJAN LAC035-065-201815- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1223 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...EAST CARROLL PARISH...MADISON PARISH AT 1223 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO SIX MILES WEST OF WAVERLY. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IT MOVE OVER THE WAVERLY AREA TO NEAR SONDHEIMER BY 1245 PM. 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 COVERP YOUR HEAD. <
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, Apr 20, 8:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
MSZ001>082-200400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 805 AM CDT WED APR 19 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TODAY... SOME MAY BE SEVERE... CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...SPOTTER AND HAM RADIO PERSONNEL WILL NEED TO BE FULLY READY FOR AC&TIVATION TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 8:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
MSZ001>082-210400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK CORRECTED DATE TIME GROUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 805 AM CDT WED APR 19 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TODAY... SOME MAY BE SEVERE... CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...SPOTTER AND HAM RADIO PERSONNEL WILL* NEED TO BE FULLY READY FOR ACTIVATION TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 8:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 8:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Concordia | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 8:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 31 min |
| Apr 20, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Richland | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Richland | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 31 min |
| Apr 20, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Tensas | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 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.