Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 26, 1996, 3:30 PM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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
- Jan 26, 1996, 3:30 PM CST (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 1996, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 45 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 21:30 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, 9.5 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 439 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 532 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 262130 TORJAN MSC035-262215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 330 PM CST FRI JAN 26 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN FORREST COUNTY AT 328 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUMRALL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS MOTION WILL TAKE THE STORM SOUTH OF MOSELLE BY 345 PM AND REMAIN NORTH OF HATTIESBURG. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE QUICKLY TO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS. LEAVE CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. <
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jan 26, 9:59 AM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
MSZ001>082-270400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST FRI JAN 26 1996 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASING SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER WESTERN MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING AND SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE BY LATE TONIGHT. TH6E SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS WILL BE NECESSARY TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 10:00 AM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
MSZ001>082-270400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST FRI JAN 26 1996 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASING SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER WESTERN MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING AND SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE BY LATE TONIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS WILL BE NECESSARY TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. WWCN01CWTO 1WWCN01 CWTO 261515 $
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 6:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 29 min |
| Jan 26, 6:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 7:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 7:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 42 min |
| Jan 26, 11:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 2 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 41 min |
| Jan 26, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 50 min |
| Jan 26, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 47 min |
| Jan 26, 2:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 115 min |
| Jan 26, 2:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Scott | 85 min |
| Jan 26, 2:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 58 min |
| Jan 26, 2:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 66 min |
| Jan 26, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 3:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 41 min |
| Jan 26, 3:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Rankin, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds | 3 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 40 min |
| Jan 26, 4:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 50 min |
| Jan 26, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 49 min |
| Jan 26, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.