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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1996, 5:28 PM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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
- Mar 6, 1996, 5:28 PM CST (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1996, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 5:35 PM CST | Hail 2.75 | Ellisville, MS | |
| Mar 6, 5:45 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Ellisville, MS | |
| Mar 6, 5:50 PM CST | Hail 4.5 | Laurel, MS | |
| Mar 6, 6:00 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Laurel, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
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
Local storm report, Mar 6, 2:57 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
256 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION......
1100 PM SUMRALL MS WIND DAMAGE
03/05/96 LAMAR MAJOR DAMAGE TO HOUSES...MANY
TREES DOWN...HOUSE OFF
FOUNDATION BLOCKS
1245 AM BTWN OVETT AND ELLISVI MS TORNADO
03/06/96 JONES TRACK APPROX 4 MI. LONG AND
100 YDS. AT WIDEST POINT
OLB
THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BY 3 PM AND BE OFF OF
THE TEXAS COAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN
GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE.
DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRUCKS AND CAMPERS SHOULD
GIVE EXTRA ATTENTION TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING. LAKE WATERS WILL
BE CHOPPY AND HAZARDOUS AND BOATERS ARE URGED TO STAY CLOSE TO SHORE.Local storm report, Mar 6, 2:57 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
256 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION......
1100 PM SUMRALL MS WIND DAMAGE
03/05/96 LAMAR MAJOR DAMAGE TO HOUSES...MANY
TREES DOWN...HOUSE OFF
FOUNDATION BLOCKS
1245 AM BTWN OVETT AND ELLISVI MS TORNADO
03/06/96 JONES TRACK APPROX 4 MI. LONG AND
100 YDS. AT WIDEST POINT
OLB
THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BY 3 PM AND BE OFF OF
THE TEXAS COAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN
GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE.
DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRUCKS AND CAMPERS SHOULD
GIVE EXTRA ATTENTION TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING. LAKE WATERS WILL
BE CHOPPY AND HAZARDOUS AND BOATERS ARE URGED TO STAY CLOSE TO SHORE.Local storm report, Mar 6, 4:03 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
402 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION......
0353 PM CROSSETT AR AR 1.75 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
03/06/96 ASHLEY
JBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 46 min |
| Mar 5, 9:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 44 min |
| Mar 5, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 25 min |
| Mar 5, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 49 min |
| Mar 5, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 49 min |
| Mar 5, 11:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 27 min |
| Mar 5, 11:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 36 min |
| Mar 5, 11:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 42 min |
| Mar 5, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Lamar | 50 min |
| Mar 5, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 50 min |
| Mar 6, 12:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 30 min |
| Mar 6, 1:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 30 min |
| Mar 6, 1:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 39 min |
| Mar 6, 1:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 28 min |
| Mar 6, 1:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 39 min |
| Mar 6, 2:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Mar 6, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 44 min |
| Mar 6, 5:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 49 min |
| Mar 6, 3:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 48 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.