Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 11:30 AM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 11:30 AM CST (17:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pearl River County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 1340 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 11.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 071729 RRA SVRMOB MSC109-071830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1130 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...PEARL RIVER COUNTY AT 1130 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOGALUSA LOUISIANA. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO PEARL RIVER COUNTY BY 1140 AM. IT WILL MOVE FROM NEAR CROSSROADS TO JUST NORTHWEST OF POPLARVILLE BETWEEN 1140 AM AND 1230 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Mar 7, 6:15 AM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-071410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 610 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TONIGHT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING ADJACENT GULF WATERS UNTIL 1000 AM THIS MORNING...HANCOCK...HARRISON...PEARLE RIVER...PERRY AND STONE COUNTIES. AT 550 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI TO HATIESBURG MISSISSIPPI TO BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. TO THE WEST A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM CENTRAL ARKANSAS TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS FRONT IS MOVING STEADILY TO THE EAST AND SHOULD PASS THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO PUSH WARM MOIST GULF AIR OVER MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. CONDITIONS ARE ALSO VERY UNSTABLE AND WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AS THE FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THIS PUTS MUCH OF ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI IN A MODERATE RISK AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS WEATHER TODAY CAUSING MANY RIVERS AND A SMALL STREAMS TO RISE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCAST STRATIONS FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 9:32 AM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
ALZ061-063-062-064-052-053-055-056-059-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-071030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 933 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PEARL-RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 AM CST... AT 930 AM CST THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS DEVELOPING ABOUT 10 MILES INLAND OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. FURTHER TO THE WEST...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IS ADVANCING SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE WATCH IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE AT 1000 AM...THERE IS A STRONG LIKELIHOOD THAT ADDITIONAL WATCHES WILL BE NEEDED LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 9:33 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
ALZ061-063-062-064-052-053-055-056-059-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-071030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR WATCH EXPIRATION TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 933 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PEARL-RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 200 PM CST... AT 930 AM CST THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS DEVELOPING ABOUT 10 MILES INLAND OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. FURTHER TO THE WEST...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IS ADVANCING SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE WATCH IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE AT 1000 AM...THERE IS A STRONG LIKELIHOOD THAT ADDITIONAL WATCHES WILL BE NEEDED LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 9:42 AM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
ALZ061-063-062-064-052-053-055-056-059-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-071030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR WATCH EXPIRATION TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 933 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PEARL-RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 200 PM CST... AT 930 AM CST THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS DEVELOPING ABOUT 10 MILES INLAND OVER COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. FURTHER TO THE WEST...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IS ADVANCING SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE WATCH IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE AT 1000 AM...THERE IS A STRONG LIKELIHOOD THAT ADDITIONAL WATCHES WILL BE NEEDED LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 10:33 AM CST, 57 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-071905- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1102 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 5 PM... AT 1102 AM...AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WAS IN PLACE OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JUST EAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH TO COVINGTON MISSISSIPPI AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH TO NEAR NEW ORLEANS. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD...WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER SMALL AREA OF STORMS WAS LOCATED OVER LAMAR ...PERRY AND GREENE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. BEFORE 2 PM...THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUFCE TORNADOES. TORNADOES IN THE SOUTH ARE HARD TO SEE BECAUSE OF RAIN, HAZE, LOW CLOUDS AND TREES. OFTEN YOUR ONLY WARNING MAY BE A LOUD ROARING SOUND AND FLYING DEBRIS. BUT THAT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 11:02 AM CST, 28 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-071905- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1102 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 5 PM... AT 1102 AM...AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WAS IN PLACE OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JUST EAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH TO COVINGTON MISSISSIPPI AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH TO NEAR NEW ORLEANS. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD...WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER SMALL AREA OF STORMS WAS LOCATED OVER LAMAR ...PERRY AND GREENE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. BEFORE 2 PM...THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES. TORNADOES IN THE SOUTH ARE HARD TO SEE BECAUSE OF RAIN, HAZE, LOW CLOUDS AND TREES. OFTEN YOUR ONLY WARNING MAY BE A LOUD ROARING SOUND AND FLYING DEBRIS. BUT THAT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 10:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 69 min |
| Mar 7, 12:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 12:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock | 61 min |
| Mar 7, 1:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 64 min |
| Mar 7, 1:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison | 64 min |
| Mar 7, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 45 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.