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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Jackson, MS

January 26, 1996Newton County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 26, 1996, 6:45 AM CST for Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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
Jan 26, 1996, 6:45 AM CST (12:45 UTC)
Expired
Jan 26, 1996, 7:30 AM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 26, 7:00 AM CSTHail 0.75Chunky, 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1996-01-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1996-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 643 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
643 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
718 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KJAN 261244 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC101-261330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
645 AM CST FRI JAN 26 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NEWTON COUNTY
 
AT 645 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN JACKSON
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST SCOTT COUNTY MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
LAWRENCE AND DECATUR.
 
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.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 6:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott29 min
Jan 26, 7:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin45 min
Jan 26, 7:18 AM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin42 min
Jan 26, 11:51 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Rankin2 hr
Jan 26, 1:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion41 min
Jan 26, 1:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion50 min
Jan 26, 1:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis47 min
Jan 26, 2:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Rankin115 min
Jan 26, 2:35 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Scott85 min
Jan 26, 2:47 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion58 min
Jan 26, 2:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones66 min
Jan 26, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar45 min
Jan 26, 3:04 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington41 min
Jan 26, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest45 min
Jan 26, 3:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLeake, Madison, Neshoba, Rankin, Scott3 hr
Jan 26, 3:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds3 hr
Jan 26, 4:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion40 min
Jan 26, 4:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMarion50 min
Jan 26, 4:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar49 min
Jan 26, 5:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest43 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.