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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Jackson, MS

March 30, 1996Lawrence County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1996, 12:12 AM CST for Lawrence County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 1996, 12:12 AM CST (06:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 1996, 12:45 AM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 30, 12:40 AM CSTHail 1.75New Hebron, MS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1996-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1996-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 300613 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC077-300645-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1212 AM CST SAT MAR 30 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
AT 1210 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SONTAG
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR NEW HEBRON BY 1230
AM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 11:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah35 min
Mar 29, 11:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah28 min
Mar 30, 12:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Simpson45 min
Mar 30, 1:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.