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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Jackson, MS

March 30, 1996Ashley County, Arkansas; Morehouse Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 1996, 6:56 PM CST for Ashley County, Arkansas; Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 64 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 30, 1996, 6:56 PM CST (00:56 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 1996, 8:00 PM CST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashley County, AR, Morehouse Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 30, 7:40 PM CSTThunderstorm WindBastrop, LA
Mar 30, 7:50 PM CSTHail 1.75Crossett, AR

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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 1996-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 250 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 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 1996-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 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
250 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 310058
TORJAN
ARC003-LAC067-310200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
656 PM CST SAT MAR 30 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...ASHLEY COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN MOREHOUSE PARISH
 
AT 655 PM A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS UNION COUNTY
ARKANSAS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL LARGER THAN
BASEBALL SIZED AND TORNADOES. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH...AND THE LEADING EDGE WILL BE CROSSING THE BORDER OF ASHLEY COUNTY
AND FAR NORTHWEST MOREHOUSE NPARISH BY 715 PM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  MOVE QUICKLY TO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
AVOID WINDOWS.  LEAVE CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 7:55 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAshley65 min
Mar 30, 9:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot54 min
Mar 30, 10:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley56 min
Mar 30, 8:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll58 min
Mar 30, 8:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland58 min
Mar 30, 8:40 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWest Carroll65 min
Mar 30, 8:55 PM CSTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll65 min
Mar 30, 9:00 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison, Richland60 min
Mar 30, 9:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse51 min
Mar 30, 10:00 PM CSTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison, Richland45 min
Mar 30, 10:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWest Carroll46 min
Mar 30, 10:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse49 min
Mar 30, 10:37 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWest Carroll38 min
Mar 30, 11:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse, West Carroll51 min
Mar 30, 11:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison48 min
Mar 31, 12:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Franklin43 min
Mar 31, 12:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANTensas50 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 1996Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 1996Every tornado warning in 1996Tornadoes in 1996

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.