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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Jackson, MS

June 7, 1996Lamar County, Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1996, 6:07 PM CDT for Lamar County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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
Jun 7, 1996, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1996, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lamar County, MS, Marion County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 6:15 PM CDTThunderstorm WindGoss, 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 108 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1996-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1677 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1996-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1677 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 072311
SVRJAN
MSC091-073-072345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
607 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LAMAR COUNTY
 
AT 610 PM CDT... JACKSON RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTH
OF COLUMBIA AND ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF SUMRALL MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35
MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND WILL PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH
COLUMBIA... MORGANTOWN... AND SUMRALL DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
 
 
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
Jun 7, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba54 min
Jun 7, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee49 min
Jun 7, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee33 min
Jun 7, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper51 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.