Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 1996, 3:21 PM CDT for Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 1996, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 1996, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Simpson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 142023 SVRJAN MSC127-142115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 321 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SIMPSON COUNTY AT 320 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN SIMPSON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE COUNTY AFFECTING PINOLA...MAGEE AND MENDENHALL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH. 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
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 9:56 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
MSZ001>082-150500- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT SUN APR 14 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI TODAY AND TONIGHT... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AND THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. PERSISTENT SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM HAVE INCREASED MOISTURE IN THE AREA WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S AND LOWER 70S OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. THE AIR MASS IS VERY UNSTABLE TODAY AND ANY CONVECTION THAY DEVELOPS WILL INTENSIFY RAPIDLY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF MISSISSIPPI TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK CLOSEST TO THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI...SO NORTH AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HAVE BEEN PLACED UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IS IN PLACE OVER THE REST OF THE STATE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL COME FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...HAM RADIO AND SPOTTER PERSONNEL SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER TODAY.
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 10:22 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
MSZ001>082-150500- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK ...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1010 AM CDT SUN APR 14 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI TODAY AND TONIGHT... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AND THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. PERSISTENT SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM HAVE INCREASED MOISTURE IN THE AREA WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S AND LOWER 70S OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. THE AIR MASS IS VERY UNSTABLE TODAY AND ANY CONVECTION THAY DEVELOPS WILL INTENSIFY RAPIDLY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF MISSISSIPPI TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK CLOSEST TO THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI SO NORTH AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HAVE BEEN PLACED UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WEST AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HAVE ALSO BEEN PLACED UNDER A MODERATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK DUE TO THE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE. A SLIGHT OF SEVERE STORMS IS IN PLACE OVER THE REST OF THE STATE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL COME FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...HAM RADIO AND SPOTTER PERSONNEL SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER TODAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Smith | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 53 min |
| Apr 14, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott, Smith | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.