Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 443, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 7, 1996, 3:14 PM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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, 3:14 PM CST (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 7, 1996, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Forrest County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 993 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
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, 10:30 AM CST, 4 hours 44 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, 4 hours 42 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.
Local storm report, Nov 7, 1:06 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
106 PM CST THU NOV 7 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0721 AM DERMOTT AR WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 CHICOT TREES DOWN...COTTON
TRAILER TURNED OVER...WITH
ROOF DAMAGE TO THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL.
0750 AM MOUND BAYOU MS WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 BOLIVAR TREES DOWN
0945 AM BELZONI MS WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 HUMPHREYS TREE LIMBS DOWN AT
COURTHOUSE
1001 AM BELZONI MS WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 HOLMES WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH
WENT THROUGH
DOWTOWN...ROOFS WERE TORN
OFF OR TWO
BUILDINGS...NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN...SHINGLES TORN OFF
LOTS OF BUILDINGS
0952 AM MS WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 ADAMS TREES DOWN...POWER LINES
DOWN...ROOFS TORN OFF
SEVERAL TRAILERS
1010 AM CRUGER MS WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 HOLMES SEVERAL COTTON TRAILERS
BLOWN OVER.
1015 AM KINGSTON MS WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 ADAMS *** 1 INJ ***
WIDESPREAD TREE
DAMAGE...COLLAPSED ROOF
WITH ONE INJURY
1115 AM LOUISVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 WINSTON MINOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO
BUILDING
1012 AM CLINTON MS 70 MPH WINDS
11/07/96 HINDSLocal storm report, Nov 7, 1:07 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
106 PM CST THU NOV 7 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0721 AM DERMOTT AR WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 CHICOT TREES DOWN...COTTON
TRAILER TURNED OVER...WITH
ROOF DAMAGE TO THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL.
0750 AM MOUND BAYOU MS WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 BOLIVAR TREES DOWN
0945 AM BELZONI MS WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 HUMPHREYS TREE LIMBS DOWN AT
COURTHOUSE
1001 AM BELZONI MS WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 HOLMES WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH
WENT THROUGH
DOWTOWN...ROOFS WERE TORN
OFF OR TWO
BUILDINGS...NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN...SHINGLES TORN OFF
LOTS OF BUILDINGS
0952 AM MS WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 ADAMS TREES DOWN...POWER LINES
DOWN...ROOFS TORN OFF
SEVERAL TRAILERS
1010 AM CRUGER MS WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 HOLMES SEVERAL COTTON TRAILERS
BLOWN OVER.
1015 AM KINGSTON MS WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 ADAMS *** 1 INJ ***
WIDESPREAD TREE
DAMAGE...COLLAPSED ROOF
WITH ONE INJURY
1115 AM LOUISVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96 WINSTON MINOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO
BUILDING
1012 AM CLINTON MS 70 MPH WINDS
11/07/96 HINDSThe 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, 11:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 43 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.