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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Jackson, MS

June 12, 1996Humphreys County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1996, 7:49 PM CDT for Humphreys County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 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 12, 1996, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1996, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Humphreys County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 1996-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 756 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 1996-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
756 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 130051
SVRJAN
MSC053-130115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
749 PM CDT WED JUN 12 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HUMPHREYS COUNTY
 
AT 748 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SILVER CITY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST 10 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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 13, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba32 min
Jun 13, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.