Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1995, 9:50 PM CST for Chickasaw County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1995, 9:50 PM CST (03:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1995, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chickasaw County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 280350 RRA SVRTUP MSC017-280415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 950 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...CHICKASAW COUNTY AT 949 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF HOUSTON MISSISSIPPI. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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, 7:54 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 754 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHICKASAW COUNTY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 48 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MIDNIGHT THIS FRIDAY EVENING... AT 748 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW VERY STRONG...CONTINUING OVER THE NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES OF CHICKASAW...MONROE AND CLAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO REMAIN WEATHER ALERT AND STAY TUNE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 8:14 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
ARZ048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>012-280315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 814 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MIDNIGHT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 810 PM..DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA FROM NEAR FLORENCE ALABAMA TO NEAR ABERDEEN MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF TUPELO AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI..WEST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OCCUR OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 8:18 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
ARZ048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>012-280315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 814 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MIDNIGHT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 810 PM..DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA FROM NEAR FLORENCE ALABAMA TO NEAR ABERDEEN MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF TUPELO AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI..WEST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OCCUR OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 8:49 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-280345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 849 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 48 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MIDNIGHT THIS FRIDAY EVENING... AT 845 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MONROE COUNTY TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF OKTIBBEHA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH TENNESSEE...NORTH ALABAMA AND NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER WEATHER UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 9:15 PM CST, 35 minutes before
ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>012- TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-280420- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 915 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI. AT 910 PM..DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ARKABUTLA THROUGH INDEPENDENCE TO NEAR POTTS CAMP. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND INTO SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE LATER THIS EVENING. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR LATER TONIGHT..AND IT IS EVEN POSSIBLE THAT ADDITIONAL WATCHES MAY BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT. PERSONS IN EAST ARKANSAS..NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS..WATCHES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 9:18 PM CST, 32 minutes before
ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>012- TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-280420- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 915 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI. AT 910 PM..DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ARKABUTLA THROUGH INDEPENDENCE TO NEAR POTTS CAMP. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND INTO SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE LATER THIS EVENING. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR LATER TONIGHT..AND IT IS EVEN POSSIBLE THAT ADDITIONAL WATCHES MAY BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT. PERSONS IN EAST ARKANSAS..NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS..WATCHES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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, 7:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 28 min |
| Jan 27, 7:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 27 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.