Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 436, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 7, 1996, 11:02 AM CST for Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
- Nov 7, 1996, 11:02 AM CST (17:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 7, 1996, 11:45 AM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Winston County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 11:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville, 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 8:57 AM CST, 2 hours 5 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 10:30 AM CST, 32 minutes before
MSZ001>082-081630- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1030 AM CST THU NOV 7 1996 .TORADAO WATCH 1116 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM...NORTHERN HALF OF MS .SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 1115 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM SOUTHWEST MS THE APPROACH OF A STRONG COLD FRONT COUPLED WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS SET THE STAGE FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI. DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER ISSUANCES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...STORM SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO PRESONNEL HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACTIVATED...CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 10:32 AM CST, 30 minutes before
MSZ001>082-081630- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1030 AM CST THU NOV 7 1996 .TORADAO WATCH 1116 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM...NORTHERN HALF OF MS .SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 1115 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM SOUTHWEST MS THE APPROACH OF A STRONG COLD FRONT COUPLED WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS SET THE STAGE FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI. DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.& RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER ISSUANCES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...STORM SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO PRESONNEL HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACTIVATED...CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 7:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 40 min |
| Nov 7, 8:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 49 min |
| Nov 7, 9:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 63 min |
| Nov 7, 9:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 63 min |
| Nov 7, 10:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo | 44 min |
| Nov 7, 10:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 47 min |
| Nov 7, 11:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 41 min |
| Nov 7, 12:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 39 min |
| Nov 7, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 49 min |
| Nov 7, 12:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 36 min |
| Nov 7, 1:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 26 min |
| Nov 7, 1:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar | 33 min |
| Nov 7, 2:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Nov 7, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 37 min |
| Nov 7, 2:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 35 min |
| Nov 7, 2:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 30 min |
| Nov 7, 3:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 31 min |
| 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, 8:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 48 min |
| Nov 7, 9:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia, Tensas | 40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.