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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Jackson, MS

February 19, 1996Copiah County, Lincoln County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 19, 1996, 3:22 PM CST for Copiah County, Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 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
Feb 19, 1996, 3:22 PM CST (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 1996, 4:15 PM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Copiah County, MS, Lincoln County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 19, 4:00 PM CSTHail 1Wesson, 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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 1996-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 1996-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 1:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo49 min
Feb 19, 1:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren30 min
Feb 19, 2:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest25 min
Feb 19, 2:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott53 min
Feb 19, 2:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest34 min
Feb 19, 2:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin41 min
Feb 19, 3:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson44 min
Feb 19, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith45 min
Feb 19, 3:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin41 min
Feb 19, 3:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams37 min
Feb 19, 4:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis36 min
Feb 19, 4:12 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale48 min
Feb 19, 4:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion40 min
Feb 19, 4:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar48 min
Feb 19, 12:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland50 min
Feb 19, 1:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison44 min
Feb 19, 1:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin42 min
Feb 19, 2:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANTensas47 min
Feb 19, 2:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula46 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.