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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Jackson, MS

June 1, 1996Copiah County, Lawrence County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1996, 9:32 PM CDT for Copiah County, Lawrence County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
Jun 1, 1996, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1996, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Copiah County, MS, Lawrence County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 1996-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1312 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 00:00Z on 1996-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
1312 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.3

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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
Jun 1, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds29 min
Jun 1, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds32 min
Jun 1, 8:20 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin40 min
Jun 1, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith69 min
Jun 1, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.