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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 19, 1996, 4:12 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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
- Feb 19, 1996, 4:12 PM CST (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 1996, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lauderdale County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 4:38 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Meridian, 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 192210 TORJAN MSC075-192300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 412 PM CST MON FEB 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY AT 411 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF MERIDIAN MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE :NEAR MERIDIAN BY 425 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. <
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 1:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 49 min |
| Feb 19, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 30 min |
| Feb 19, 2:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 25 min |
| Feb 19, 2:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 53 min |
| Feb 19, 2:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 34 min |
| Feb 19, 2:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 41 min |
| Feb 19, 3:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Feb 19, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 53 min |
| Feb 19, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 45 min |
| Feb 19, 3:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 41 min |
| Feb 19, 3:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 37 min |
| Feb 19, 4:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 36 min |
| Feb 19, 4:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 40 min |
| Feb 19, 4:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 48 min |
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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.