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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Jackson, MS

January 26, 1996Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 26, 1996, 4:25 PM CST for Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 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, 4:25 PM CST (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Jan 26, 1996, 5:15 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 1996-01-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 42 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 1996-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 439 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 262225
TORJAN
MSC091-262315-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
425 PM CST FRI JAN 26 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
AT 424 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KOKOMO MOVING NORTHEAT AT 40 MPH. THIS MOTION WILL TAKE THE STORM NEAR
KOKOMO AND NORTH OF COLUMBIA BY 450 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE.
USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD.
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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

Local storm report, Jan 26, 3:59 PM CST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
346 PM CST FRI JAN  26 1996

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION...... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION......

0255 PM    COLUMBIA                  MS   WIND DAMAGE
01/26/96   MARION                         TREES DOWN NEAR THE COLUMBIA
                                          AIRPORT.

0305 PM    5 W LAUREL                MS   .75 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
01/26/96   JONES                          5 MI WEST OF LAUREL ON
                                          HIGHWAY 84. REPORTED BY
                                          LAUREL JONES CD.
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0315 PM    SANDERSVILLE              MS   .50 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
01/26/96   JONES

0320 PM    BROOKHAVEN                MS   .50 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
01/26/96   LINCOLN                        AT INTERSTATE 55 AND HIGHWAY
                                          84 SOUTH OF BROOKHAVEN.

0325 PM    MOSELLE                   MS   .50 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
01/26/96   JONES                          AT INTERSTATE 59 NEAR
                                          MOSELLE.

0330 PM    ELLISVILLE                MS   1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
01/26/96   JONES                          NEAR THE ELLISVILLE CITY
                                          LIMITS NEAR HIGHWAY 29.

0330 PM    NORTH OF BRANDON          MS   FLOODING
01/26/96   RANKIN                         NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN
                                          RANKIN COUNTY... WATER CLOSE
                                          TO ENTERING SOME HOMES OFF
                                          COON HUNTER'S ROAD.

0332 PM    LAUREL                    MS   .88 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
01/26/96   JONES                          NICKEL TO DIME SIZE HAIL AT
                                          THE EOC BUILDING IN LAUREL.

0344 PM    MELBA                     MS   1.0 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
01/26/96   JEFFERSON DAVIS                QUARTER TO DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          AT MELBA.

0349PM     LAUREL                    MS   .75 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
01/26/96   JONES                          12 MILES EAST OF LAUREL

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, 6:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton45 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, 4:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar49 min
Jan 26, 5:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest43 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.