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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Jackson, MS

March 6, 1996Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 1996, 12:30 AM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports 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 6, 1996, 12:30 AM CST (06:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1996, 1:00 AM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Jones County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 6, 12:45 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50Lanham, MS
Mar 6, 12:48 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50Ovett, 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 1996-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 745 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1996-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 283 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
745 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 060631
TORJAN
MSC067-060700-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1230 AM CST WED MAR 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY
 
JACKSON DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES EAST
OF MOSELLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL PASS JUST NORTH
OF OVETT.
 
 
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 8:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds46 min
Mar 5, 9:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin44 min
Mar 5, 9:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah25 min
Mar 5, 9:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin49 min
Mar 5, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton49 min
Mar 5, 11:03 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLawrence27 min
Mar 5, 11:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMarion36 min
Mar 5, 11:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis42 min
Mar 5, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Lamar50 min
Mar 5, 11:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones50 min
Mar 6, 1:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar30 min
Mar 6, 1:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis39 min
Mar 6, 1:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest28 min
Mar 6, 1:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington39 min
Mar 6, 2:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale38 min
Mar 6, 5:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington44 min
Mar 6, 5:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones47 min
Mar 6, 5:41 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.