Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1995, 9:14 PM CST for Pearl River County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 1995, 9:14 PM CST (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 1995, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pearl River County, MS, Stone County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 405 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 425 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 190315 SVRMOB MSC109-131-190400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 914 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...EASTERN PEARL.RIVER COUNTY...STONE COUNTY AT 910 PM CST MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO STONE COUNTY AROUND 930 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 18, 5:15 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-190120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 515 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PEARL RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 8 PM... AT 515 PM CST MOBILE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS SEVERE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THIS RATHER LARGE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING PEARL RIVER AND HANCOCK COUNTY AROUND 530 THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS OF THESE TWO COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR SOME PARISHES IN SOUTH LOUISIANA LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TONIGHT. RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF LATER WATCHES...WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 5:17 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-190120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 515 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PEARL RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 8 PM... AT 515 PM CST MOBILE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS SEVERE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THIS RATHER LARGE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING PEARL RIVER AND HANCOCK COUNTY AROUND 530 THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS OF THESE TWO COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR SOME PARISHES IN SOUTH LOUISIANA LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TONIGHT. RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF LATER WATCHES...WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 6:21 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061-062-063-064-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-ALZ501-LAZ501-190230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 621 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSURED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI JACKSON...GREEN...HANCOCK...HARRISON...PEARL RIVER ..STONE..GEORGE AND PERRY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND MOBILE...CLARKE ...AND WASHINGTON IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING UNTIL MIDNIGHT. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. AT 620 PM CST MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR MERIDIAN TO HATTIESBURG THROUGH BAY ST. LOUIS AND SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF BEYOND 125 MILES. REMBER... A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 6:23 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061-062-063-064-MSZ075-076-077-078-079-080- 081-082-ALZ501-LAZ501-190230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 621 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSURED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI JACKSON...GREEN...HANCOCK...HARRISON...PEARL RIVER ..STONE..GEORGE AND PERRY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND MOBILE...CLARKE ...AND WASHINGTON IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING UNTIL MIDNIGHT. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. AT 620 PM CST MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR MERIDIAN TO HATTIESBURG THROUGH BAY ST. LOUIS AND SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF BEYOND 125 MILES. REMBER... A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 7:31 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-190235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 731 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND CLARKE...MOBILE...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 730 PM CST...MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING WEST OF A LINE FROM MERIDIAN TO HATTIESBURG IN MISSISSIPPI AND THEN SOUTH TO NEAR BOOTHVILLE LOUISIANA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NECAISE IN NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI OR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AROUND YOU AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR THE LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 8:37 PM CST, 37 minutes before
ALZ052-053-055-056-059-061>064-MSZ075>082-190340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 837 PM CST WED JAN 18 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND CLARKE...MOBILE...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 835 PM CST...MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING WEST OF A LINE FROM BUTLER IN CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY ALABAMA SOUTH AND WEST TO JUST EAST OF LEAKESVILLE TO JUST NORTH OF MOSS POINT IN MISSISSIPPI AND OUT INTO THE GULF FOR AROUND 125 NAUTICAL MILES. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF PICAYUNE IN SOUTHERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY AND NEAR SAUCIER IN NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI OR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AROUND YOU AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR THE LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
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.