Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1996, 1:25 PM CDT for Jasper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 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 22, 1996, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1996, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jasper County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 956 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 221825 SVRJAN MSC061-221915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 125 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...JASPER COUNTY AT 123 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN PAULDING AND BAY SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUIN. THE STORM IS MOVING LITTLE. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DIME SIZED HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN THAT COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. SEVERE THUNDERST ORMS 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. <
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
MSZ001>082-230400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 1996 WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STORMS SHOULD BE MOST NUMEROUS IN THE FAR SOUTH IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SEA BREEZE FRONT. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD ALSO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...HAM RADIO...AND SPOTTER PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT FOR WEATHER CONCERNS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll | 47 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.