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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 417, NWS Jackson, MS

October 17, 1996Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 17, 1996, 11:07 PM CDT for Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 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
Oct 17, 1996, 11:07 PM CDT (04:07 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 1996, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 00:00Z on 1996-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1290 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 00:00Z on 1996-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
1290 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1209 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington53 min
Oct 17, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower49 min
Oct 17, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada49 min
Oct 18, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster48 min
Oct 18, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes41 min
Oct 18, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott51 min
Oct 18, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton31 min
Oct 18, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale30 min
Oct 17, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula46 min
Oct 17, 11:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCatahoula46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.