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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

January 18, 1996Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 18, 1996, 8:57 AM CST for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 1996, 8:57 AM CST (14:57 UTC)
Expired
Jan 18, 1996, 9:45 AM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Holmes County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 12:00Z on 1996-01-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 528 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 12:00Z on 1996-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 359 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
359 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
481 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 181459
TORJAN
MSC051-181545-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
857 AM CST THU JAN 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HOLMES COUNTY
 
AT 855 AM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST NORTH OF EBENEZER
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ON IT PRESENT PATH THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE
ALONG INTERSTATE 55 TO NEAR DURANT BY 945 AM.
 
 
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
Jan 18, 8:13 AM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys32 min
Jan 18, 3:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton, Scott53 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.