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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Jackson, MS

March 30, 1996Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1996, 10:46 PM CST for Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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, 10:46 PM CST (04:46 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 1996, 11:30 PM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Yazoo County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 30, 10:54 PM CST	Hail 1.75	Benton, 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, 4.8 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 250 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KJAN 310447 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC163-310530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1046 PM CST SAT MAR 30 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...YAZOO COUNTY
 
AT 1045 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTROM 2 MILES EAST OF BENTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS STORM SHOULD PASS NEAR VAUGHAN BY 11 PM.
 
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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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

Local storm report, Mar 30, 10:35 PM CST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
1035 PM CST SAT MAR 30 1996

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0750 PM    2 W CROSSETT              AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   ASHLEY

0830 PM    5 NE BASTROP              LA   TORNADO
03/30/96   MOREHOUSE                      PSBL TORNADO... ROOFS OFF
                                          HOMES... POWERLINES DOWN

0830 PM    KILBOURNE                 LA   .88 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   WEST CARROLL

0840 PM    GOODWILL                  LA   .75 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   WEST CARROLL

0950 PM    2 SW BASTROP              LA   .75 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   MOREHOUSE

1010 PM    2 NW CLEVELAND            MS   .88 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   BOLIVAR

1015 PM    HOLLY RIDGE               LA   TORNADO
03/30/96   RICHLAND                       TORNADO REPORTEDLY TOUCHED
                                          DOWN BRIEFLY... NO DAMAGE
                                          KNOWN ATTM

1025 PM    5 W HAMBURG               AR   2.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   ASHLEY

AG

Local storm report, Mar 30, 10:36 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
1035 PM CST SAT MAR 30 1996

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0750 PM    2 W CROSSETT              AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   ASHLEY

0830 PM    5 NE BASTROP              LA   TORNADO
03/30/96   MOREHOUSE                      PSBL TORNADO... ROOFS OFF
                                          HOMES... POWERLINES DOWN

0830 PM    KILBOURNE                 LA   .88 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   WEST CARROLL

0840 PM    GOODWILL                  LA   .75 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   WEST CARROLL

0950 PM    2 SW BASTROP              LA   .75 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   MOREHOUSE

1010 PM    2 NW CLEVELAND            MS   .88 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   BOLIVAR

1015 PM    HOLLY RIDGE               LA   TORNADO
03/30/96   RICHLAND                       TORNADO REPORTEDLY TOUCHED
                                          DOWN BRIEFLY... NO DAMAGE
                                          KNOWN ATTM

1025 PM    5 W HAMBURG               AR   2.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   ASHLEY

AG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 9:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena	67 min
Mar 30, 9:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	43 min
Mar 30, 9:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Warren	68 min
Mar 30, 9:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	49 min
Mar 30, 10:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	50 min
Mar 30, 11:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	43 min
Mar 30, 11:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	36 min
Mar 30, 11:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll	33 min
Mar 30, 11:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	41 min
Mar 31, 12:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	25 min
Mar 31, 12:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	54 min
Mar 31, 12:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	51 min
Mar 31, 12:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	54 min
Mar 31, 12:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	54 min
Mar 31, 1:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	41 min
Mar 31, 1:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	47 min
Mar 31, 1:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	51 min
Mar 31, 1:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	53 min
Mar 31, 1:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	63 min
Mar 31, 3:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	30 min
Mar 31, 3:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	47 min
Mar 31, 4:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	45 min
Mar 31, 5:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	30 min

Nearby

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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.