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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 368, NWS Jackson, MS

July 9, 1996Jasper County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1996, 6:05 PM CDT for Jasper County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 55 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, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1996, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, MS, Smith County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 6:15 PM CDTThunderstorm WindBay Spgs, 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 80 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

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
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, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke50 min
Jul 9, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison52 min
Jul 9, 4:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMadison, Richland116 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.