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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 451, NWS Jackson, MS

December 12, 1996Clarke County, Jasper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 12, 1996, 1:47 PM CST for Clarke County, Jasper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 min. 2 reports 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
Dec 12, 1996, 1:47 PM CST (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Dec 12, 1996, 2:45 PM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clarke County, MS, Jasper County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 12, 1:55 PM CSTHail 1Paulding, MS
Dec 12, 2:20 PM CSTHail 1.75Nancy, 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1996-12-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 761 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1996-12-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 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
761 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.6

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 12, 12:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith38 min
Dec 12, 1:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper40 min
Dec 12, 2:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba48 min
Dec 12, 2:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton49 min
Dec 12, 2:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones34 min
Dec 12, 3:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee49 min
Dec 12, 3:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale50 min
Dec 12, 3:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Winston53 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.