Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1995, 7:17 PM CST for Clay County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1995, 7:17 PM CST (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1995, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clay County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KTUP 280117 RRA SVRTUP MSC025-280145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 717 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...CLAY COUNTY AT 715 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE WEBSTER-CLAY COUNTY BORDER OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTPELIER. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. IF YOU EXPERIENCED DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL, NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, LOCAL OFFICIAL OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 27, 4:36 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>012- 272340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 436 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF EAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AT 430 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN HELENA ARKANSAS AND GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN BOLIVAR COUNTY NEAR CLEVELAND AND IN COAHOMA COUNTY NEAR CLARKSDALE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HEADING TOWARD QUITMAN AND PANOLA COUNTIES BETWEEN 500 PM AND 530 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL, GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST ARKANSAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE IN YOUR AREA. MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. ^fjFXUSo WWUS *[fo6WWUS( ,N6WWUSH Hq6WWUS FZUS0 _ WWUS HFQUS@ YiWWHWZ P6WWUS \]66WWUS| lg WUUS `FPUS FQUSP o6WWUST T^ WUUS X6WWUSD gkWWAK m6WWUS DFQUS xC66WWUSp Q6WWUS`
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 4:40 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>012- 272340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 436 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF EAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AT 430 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN HELENA ARKANSAS AND GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN BOLIVAR COUNTY NEAR CLEVELAND AND IN COAHOMA COUNTY NEAR CLARKSDALE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HEADING TOWARD QUITMAN AND PANOLA COUNTIES BETWEEN 500 PM AND 530 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL, GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST ARKANSAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE IN YOUR AREA. MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 5:30 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>012- TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-280035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 530 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF EAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AT 525 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI NEAR THE TOWN OF WEBSTER AND IN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY ARKANSAS JUST SOUTHEAST OF FORREST CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INO SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN ARKANSAS WILL BE APPROACHING THE MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA AROUND 545 PM. PERSONS IN THE MID-SOUTH SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LARGE HAIL, GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST ARKANSAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE IN YOUR AREA. MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 5:33 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>012- TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-280035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 530 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF EAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AT 525 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI NEAR THE TOWN OF WEBSTER AND IN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY ARKANSAS JUST SOUTHEAST OF FORREST CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INO SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN ARKANSAS WILL BE APPROACHING THE MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA AROUND 545 PM. PERSONS IN THE MID-SOUTH SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LARGE HAIL, GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST ARKANSAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE IN YOUR AREA. MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 6:35 PM CST, 42 minutes before
ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>012- TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-280140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 635 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND ALL OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 625 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY AND IN NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF SLAYTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR SIDON IN SOUTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING IN NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. PERSONS IN THE MID-SOUTH SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAIL, GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. MOVE TO A STURDY STRUCTURE WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 6:38 PM CST, 39 minutes before
ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>012- TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-280140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 635 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND ALL OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 625 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY AND IN NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF SLAYTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR SIDON IN SOUTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING IN NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. PERSONS IN THE MID-SOUTH SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAIL, GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. MOVE TO A STURDY STRUCTURE WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 6:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 26 min |
| Jan 27, 7:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 27 min |
| Jan 27, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 25 min |
| Jan 27, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 14 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.