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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Jackson, MS

May 28, 1996Holmes County, Leflore County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1996, 7:30 AM CDT for Holmes County, Leflore County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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
May 28, 1996, 7:30 AM CDT (12:30 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1996, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Holmes County, MS, Leflore County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 12:00Z on 1996-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3020 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1996-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3020 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.7
Supercell composite
18.2

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys41 min
May 28, 9:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston45 min
May 28, 9:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower39 min
May 28, 9:42 AM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper48 min
May 28, 10:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala27 min
May 28, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale40 min
May 28, 12:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala2 hr
May 28, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke29 min
May 28, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes36 min
May 28, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo45 min
May 28, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey28 min
May 28, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo47 min
May 28, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren51 min
May 28, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren30 min
May 28, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren30 min
May 28, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds53 min
May 28, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren34 min
May 28, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke28 min
May 28, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah54 min
May 28, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne50 min
May 28, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah43 min
May 28, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison39 min
May 28, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANTensas33 min
May 28, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland27 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.