Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Jackson, MS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 12:45 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Lanham, MS | |
| Mar 6, 12:48 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Ovett, 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.
- 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
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. <
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 46 min |
| Mar 5, 9:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 44 min |
| Mar 5, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 25 min |
| Mar 5, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 49 min |
| Mar 5, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 49 min |
| Mar 5, 11:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 27 min |
| Mar 5, 11:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 36 min |
| Mar 5, 11:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 42 min |
| Mar 5, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Lamar | 50 min |
| Mar 5, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 50 min |
| Mar 6, 1:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 30 min |
| Mar 6, 1:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 39 min |
| Mar 6, 1:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 28 min |
| Mar 6, 1:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 39 min |
| Mar 6, 2:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Mar 6, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 44 min |
| Mar 6, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 5:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 49 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.