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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Jackson, MS

July 9, 1996Clarke County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1996, 5:40 PM CDT for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 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
Jul 9, 1996, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1996, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Clarke County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 6:00 PM CDTThunderstorm WindQuitman, 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 1996-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2611 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 1996-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
2611 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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 092242
SVRJAN
MSC023-092330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
540 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...CLARKE COUNTY
 
AT 540 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 3 MILES
NORTHEAST OF QUITMAN. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison40 min
Jul 8, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren40 min
Jul 8, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds42 min
Jul 8, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Warren49 min
Jul 8, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds45 min
Jul 9, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren45 min
Jul 9, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin42 min
Jul 9, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison39 min
Jul 9, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Smith55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.