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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Jackson, MS

April 20, 1995Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1995, 1:51 PM CDT for Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 54 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 20, 1995, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 1995, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 20, 2:10 PM CDTTornado F0Ashley, ARThis short tornado began in Ashley County, tow miles northeast of Montrose and moved into Chicot County and lifted three miles northwest of Cosgrove. This tornado moved through open field and not damage occurred.

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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 736 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 290 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 201852
TORJAN
ARC003-017-201945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
151 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN ASHLEY COUNTY...CHICOT COUNTY
 
AT 150 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO TWO MILES NORTHEAST OF
PARKDALE. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM
WILL MOVE BETWEEN LAKE VILLAGE AND CHICOT BY 210 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 TrO COVER YOUR HEAD.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley, Chicot25 min
Apr 20, 3:17 AM CDTTornado WarningJANChicot28 min
Apr 20, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley51 min
Apr 20, 5:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley42 min
Apr 20, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChicot50 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.