Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 26, 1996, 4:05 PM CST for Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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
- Jan 26, 1996, 4:05 PM CST (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 1996, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 4:23 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Sandy Hook, 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 439 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 532 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KJAN 262204 RRA SVRJAN MSC091-262245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 405 PM CST FRI JAN 26 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...MARION COUNTY AT 404 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS MOTION WILL TAKE THE STORM NORTH OF COLUMBIA BY 420 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN 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
Local storm report, Jan 26, 3:59 PM CST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
346 PM CST FRI JAN 26 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION......
0255 PM COLUMBIA MS WIND DAMAGE
01/26/96 MARION TREES DOWN NEAR THE COLUMBIA
AIRPORT.
0305 PM 5 W LAUREL MS .75 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
01/26/96 JONES 5 MI WEST OF LAUREL ON
HIGHWAY 84. REPORTED BY
LAUREL JONES CD.
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0315 PM SANDERSVILLE MS .50 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
01/26/96 JONES
0320 PM BROOKHAVEN MS .50 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
01/26/96 LINCOLN AT INTERSTATE 55 AND HIGHWAY
84 SOUTH OF BROOKHAVEN.
0325 PM MOSELLE MS .50 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
01/26/96 JONES AT INTERSTATE 59 NEAR
MOSELLE.
0330 PM ELLISVILLE MS 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
01/26/96 JONES NEAR THE ELLISVILLE CITY
LIMITS NEAR HIGHWAY 29.
0330 PM NORTH OF BRANDON MS FLOODING
01/26/96 RANKIN NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN
RANKIN COUNTY... WATER CLOSE
TO ENTERING SOME HOMES OFF
COON HUNTER'S ROAD.
0332 PM LAUREL MS .88 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
01/26/96 JONES NICKEL TO DIME SIZE HAIL AT
THE EOC BUILDING IN LAUREL.
0344 PM MELBA MS 1.0 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
01/26/96 JEFFERSON DAVIS QUARTER TO DIME SIZE HAIL
AT MELBA.
0349PM LAUREL MS .75 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
01/26/96 JONES 12 MILES EAST OF LAURELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 6:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 29 min |
| Jan 26, 6:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 7:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 7:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 42 min |
| Jan 26, 11:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 2 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 41 min |
| Jan 26, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 50 min |
| Jan 26, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 47 min |
| Jan 26, 2:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 115 min |
| Jan 26, 2:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Scott | 85 min |
| Jan 26, 2:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 58 min |
| Jan 26, 2:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 66 min |
| Jan 26, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 3:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 41 min |
| Jan 26, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 3:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Rankin, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds | 3 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 50 min |
| Jan 26, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 49 min |
| Jan 26, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 43 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.