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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

January 30, 1996Kemper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 30, 1996, 9:05 PM CST for Kemper 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 30, 1996, 9:05 PM CST (03:05 UTC)
Expired
Jan 30, 1996, 9:45 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Kemper County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 30, 9:25 PM CSTHail 0.88Porterville, 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1996-01-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 967 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1996-01-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
967 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 310305 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC069-310345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
905 PM CST TUE JAN 30 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...KEMPER COUNTY
 
AT 905 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER KEMPER COUNTY JUST
SOUTHWEST OF DE KALB.P THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
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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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, 8:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott, Smith52 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.