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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Jackson, MS

January 30, 1996Rankin County, Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 30, 1996, 8:38 PM CST for Rankin County, Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 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 30, 1996, 8:38 PM CST (02:38 UTC)
Expired
Jan 30, 1996, 9:30 PM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 30, 8:45 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 55Cross Roads, 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 290 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1996-01-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 297 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1996-01-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
297 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 7:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds48 min
Jan 30, 7:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin47 min
Jan 30, 9:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper40 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.