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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS

January 18, 1995Holmes County, Leflore County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 18, 1995, 3:06 PM CST for Holmes County, Leflore County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 1995, 3:06 PM CST (21:06 UTC)
Expired
Jan 18, 1995, 4:00 PM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Holmes County, MS, Leflore County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 1995-01-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 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 182108
TORJAN
MSC051-083-182200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
306 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HOLMES COUNTY
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LEFLORE COUNTY
 
AT 306 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO...5 MILES WEST OF
CRUGER.
 
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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
Jan 18, 2:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite, Pike52 min
Jan 18, 2:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey54 min
Jan 18, 2:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo51 min
Jan 18, 2:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren51 min
Jan 18, 3:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Leflore45 min
Jan 18, 3:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison46 min
Jan 18, 3:20 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll40 min
Jan 18, 3:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANGrenada, Montgomery52 min
Jan 18, 3:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWebster48 min
Jan 18, 4:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite, Pike54 min
Jan 18, 4:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Simpson47 min
Jan 18, 5:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANPike26 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.