Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 379, NWS Jackson, MS

July 16, 1996Kemper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1996, 2:34 PM CDT for Kemper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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 16, 1996, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 1996, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Kemper County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 16, 3:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	De Kalb, 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 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Montgomery	52 min
Jul 16, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	35 min
Jul 16, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower, Washington	35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1996 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.