Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Mar 18, 1996, 2:17 PM CST (20:17 UTC)

Expired

Mar 18, 1996, 3:00 PM CST

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Attala County, MS, Choctaw County, 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.

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TTAA00 KJAN 182018
TORJAN
MSC007-019-182100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
217 PM CST MON MAR 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN ATTALA COUNTY...CHOCTAW COUNTY
 
AT 217 PM CST JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A
POSSIBLE TORNADO BETWEEN FRENCH CAMP AND ETHEL MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. ON
ITS PRESENT PATH THIS SEVERE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH FRENCH CAMP BY 230
PM CST AND ACKERMAN BY 245 PM CST.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWESTn FLOOR.  GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE.
USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD.
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