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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Jackson, MS

March 30, 1996Madison Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 1996, 9:00 PM CST for Madison Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 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, 9:00 PM CST (03:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 1996, 10:00 PM CST
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Madison Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 30, 9:30 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Tallulah, 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 310300
TORJAN
LAC065-083-310400-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
900 PM CST SAT MAR 30 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...MADISON PARISH...EASTERN RICHLAND PARISH
 
AT 9 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR HOLLY RIDGE MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE IN THE VICINITY OF INTERSTATE 20
TOWARD WAVERLY AND TALLULAH.
 
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.

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, 8:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	West Carroll	65 min
Mar 30, 8:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll	65 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.