Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 12:44 PM CST for Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 12:44 PM CST (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 1:45 PM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 WUUS1 KMOB 071844 RRA SVRMOB MSC045-111-131-071945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1244 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...HANCOCK COUNTY...PERRY COUNTY...STONE COUNTY AT 1243 PM CST A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY THE MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR FROM BEAUMONT TO JUST WEST OF WIGGINS TO NECAISE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 40 MPH. 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. T-ALLSS THAN | WUUS ESSEPWWCN: d66WWUSx t6WWUS~ IN NORMAr*H WUUS w WUUS YiWWHW XgWWUS D `WWUSh O6WWUSZ NG SPAINsF6WWUS* AD 2(mNtWOHW 0ARYG>6WWUS@
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, 9:42 AM CST, 3 hours 2 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, 2 hours 11 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, 1 hour 42 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 11:56 AM CST, 48 minutes before
FLZ001-002-003-004-071900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1156 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED WELL TO THE WEST OF PENSACOLA... AT THE NOON HOUR...RADAR WAS DETECTING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 150 TO 180 MILES NORTHWEST AND WEST OF PENSACOLA. IT WAS MOVING TO- WARDS THE EAST AT 20 MPH. SO FAR...ONLY A FEW RAINSHOWERS WERE POPPING OVER THE GULF TO THE SOUTH. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 5 PM CST... JVD
Local storm report, Mar 7, 12:20 PM CST, 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1220 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
TIME EVENT
1218 CST TREES REPORTED DOWN ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
POPLARVILLE IN PEARL-RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.
REPORT RECEIVED FROM GULFPORT MHP.Local storm report, Mar 7, 12:21 PM CST, 23 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1220 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
TIME EVENT
1218 CST TREES REPORTED DOWN ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
POPLARVILLE IN PEARL-RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.
REPORT RECEIVED FROM GULFPORT MHP.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, 11:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pearl River | 60 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.