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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Jackson, MS

April 14, 1996Lawrence County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 1996, 9:21 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 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: Apr 14, 1996, 9:21 PM CDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 1996, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Lawrence County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 14, 9:30 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Monticello, 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, 2.4 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-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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1201 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Apr 14, 6:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
540 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996

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

0300 PM    JACKSON                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/14/96   HINDS                          JUST WEST OF METHODIST
                                          HOSPITAL ON HWY 18
                                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

0305 PM    BRANDON                   MS   1 INCH HAIL
04/14/96   RANKIN                         ALSO TREES DOWN.

0320 PM    JACKSON                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/14/96   HINDS                          PINE TREES DOWN AND
                                          WINDOWS BLOWN OUT IN
                                          SOUTHWEST JACKSON AND HWY
                                          80.

0430 PM    MERIDIAN                  MS   .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/96   LAUDERDALE                     DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

0445 PM    HOUSE                     MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/14/96   NESHOBA                        TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURES
                                          DAMAGED.

0540 PM    SCOOBA                    MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/14/96   KEMPER                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN NEAR
                                          SCOOBA ALL ALONG HWY 45
                                          ALONG KEMPER/NOXUBEE
                                          COUNTY LINE.

0544 PM    PETAL                     MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/14/96   FORREST                        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ON HWY
                                          42 EAST OF PETAL.

0545 PM    KOSCIUSKO                 MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/14/96   ATTALA                         TREES AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWN...NATCHEZ TRACE
                                          CLOSED.
0628 PM       CLEARY                       MS   DIME SIZE
              RANKIN                            HAIL.

0430 PM       MERIDIAN                     MS   NICKEL SIZE
              LAUDERDALE                        HAIL...TREES
                                                DOWN IN NORTH
       T                                         MERIDIAN.

Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
657 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996

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

0646 PM    JACKSON                   MS   .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/96   HINDS                          DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON
                                          OLD BRANDON ROAD.

Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
730 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996

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

20300 PM    YAZOO CITY                MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/14/96   YAZOO                          TREES DOWN ON
                                          CARS...DAMAGE TO HOUSES
                                          AND ROOFING TORN.

Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
655 PM CST SUN APR 14 1996

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

0329 PM    HOUSE                     MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/14/96   NESHOBA                        TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAYS DUE
                                          TO STRAIGHT LINE
                                          WINDS...WIDESPREAD POWER
                                          OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE
                                          COUNTY

Local storm report, Apr 14, 8:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
755 PM CST SUN APR 14 1996

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

0429 PM    HOUSE                     MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/14/96   NESHOBA                        TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAYS DUE
                                          TO STRAIGHT LINE
                                          WINDS...WIDESPREAD POWER
                                          OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE
                                          COUNTY

Local storm report, Apr 14, 8:46 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ..CORRECTED..
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
845 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996

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

0646 PM    BRANDON                   MS   .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/96   RANKIN                         DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON
                                          OLD BRANDON ROAD.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	39 min
Apr 14, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	46 min
Apr 14, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	38 min
Apr 14, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower	31 min
Apr 14, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower	30 min
Apr 14, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	50 min
Apr 14, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore	47 min
Apr 14, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll	35 min
Apr 14, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	45 min
Apr 14, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	54 min
Apr 14, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula	34 min
Apr 14, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Concordia	34 min
Apr 14, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	33 min
Apr 14, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	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.