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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Jackson, MS

March 29, 1996Claiborne County, Copiah County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1996, 11:25 PM CST for Claiborne County, Copiah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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
Mar 29, 1996, 11:25 PM CST (05:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 1996, 12:00 AM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 29, 11:40 PM CSTHail 0.75Hazlehurst, 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 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 00:00Z on 1996-03-30Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1996-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Mar 29, 11:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah28 min
Mar 30, 12:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence33 min
Mar 30, 12:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Simpson45 min
Mar 30, 1:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke45 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.