Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 7, 1996, 8:57 AM CST for East Carroll Parish, Madison Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 48 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
- Nov 7, 1996, 8:57 AM CST (14:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 7, 1996, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1058 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 071458 RRA SVRJAN LAC035-065-071545- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 857 AM CST THU NOV 7 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...EAST CARROLL PARISH...MADISON PARISH AT 855 AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DELHI MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL REACH TRANSLYVANIA BY 915 AM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 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, Nov 7, 4:30 AM CST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
MSZ001>082-071630- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 430 AM CST THU NOV 7 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WEST THIS MORNING...EAST BY AFTERNOON INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE SETTING THE STAGE FOR STRONG THUNDER- STORM DEVELOPMENT EARLY TODAY. A DESTABLIZING ATMOSPHERE AND A RAPIDLY APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN LOUISIANA WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD TO NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN 900 AM AND NOON. THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY REQUIRED SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES TO BE POSTED WEST OF THE MAGNOLIA STATE. LOCALIZED FLOOD-PRODUCING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY FOR NORTHERN COUNTIES. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS INCLUDING ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE THE MOST LIKELY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AS THE SYSTEM CROSSES INTO EAST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER WATCHES...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS STORM SYSTEM. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...STORM SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO PERSONNEL WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED ANY TIME AFTER SUNRISE.
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 4:44 AM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
MSZ001>082-071630- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 430 AM CST THU NOV 7 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WEST THIS MORNING...EAST BY AFTERNOON INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE SETTING THE STAGE FOR STRONG THUNDER- STORM DEVELOPMENT EARLY TODAY. A DESTABLIZING ATMOSPHERE AND A RAPIDLY APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN LOUISIANA WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD TO NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN 900 AM AND NOON. THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY REQUIRED SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES TO BE POSTED WEST OF THE MAGNOLIA STATE. LOCALIZED FLOOD-PRODUCING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY FOR NORTHERN COUNTIES. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS INCLUDING ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE THE MOST LIKELY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AS THE SYSTEM CROSSES INTO EAST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER WATCHES...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS STORM SYSTEM. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...STORM SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO PERSONNEL WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED ANY TIME AFTER SUNRISE.
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 8:57 AM CST, 0 minutes before
MSZ001>082-081200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 500 PM CDT THU NOV 7 1996 ...COLD WEATHER IN STORE FOR MISSISSIPPI THIS WEEKEND... A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT THAT WILL EXIT THE AREA TONIGHT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A COLD AIR MASS THAT WILL SURGE ACROSS THE STATE FRIDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND WILL FORCE COLDER AIR INTO NORTH MISSISSIPPI EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...WHICH WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE STATE INTO SOUTH MISSISSIPPI LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS AIR MASS MAY PRODUCE SOME OF THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES THIS FALL AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE FOR SATURDAY MORNING AS FAR SOUTH AS NATCHEZ AND HATTIESBURG. IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO PROTECT OUTDOOR PETS AND PLANTS SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. AREAS IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI MAY ALSO SEE FREEZING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN VALLEYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 8:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 49 min |
| Nov 7, 8:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 52 min |
| Nov 7, 9:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia, Tensas | 40 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.