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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 1996, 8:40 PM CST for West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report 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, 8:40 PM CST (02:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1996, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County West Carroll Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 8:41 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Goodwill, LA |
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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 310242 TORJAN LAC123-310345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 840 PM CST SAT MAR 30 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...WEST CARROLL PARISH AT 835 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR BONITA IN MOREHOUSE PARISH. REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR THIS LOCATION. THIS TORNADO WILL TRACK ACROSS THE BOEUF RIVER AND MOVE BETWEEN GOODWILL AND THE LOUISIANA...ARKANSAS STATE LINE. THE TOWNS OF OAK GROVE AND TERRY ARE INCLUDED IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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. < AG &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 64 min |
| Mar 30, 7:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 65 min |
| Mar 30, 8:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 58 min |
| Mar 30, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Richland | 58 min |
| Mar 30, 8:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 65 min |
| Mar 30, 9:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Richland | 60 min |
| Mar 30, 9:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 10:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Richland | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | West Carroll | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 10:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | West Carroll | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 11:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, West Carroll | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 11:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 12:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Franklin | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 12:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 50 min |
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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.