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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS

January 23, 1996Holmes County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 23, 1996, 9:50 PM CST for Holmes County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 1996, 9:50 PM CST (03:50 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 1996, 10:15 PM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Holmes County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 1996-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 00:00Z on 1996-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 345 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
496 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 240349
TORJAN
MSC051-163-240415-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
950 PM CST TUE JAN 23 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HOLMES COUNTY...NORTHERN YAZOO COUNTY
 
AT 948 PM RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO DEVELOPING JUST WEST OF EBENEZER
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOTION WILL TAKE THE STORM
CLOSE TO THE GOODMAN AND DURANT AREAS BY 10 PM.
 
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 23, 9:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo51 min
Jan 23, 10:06 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala43 min
Jan 23, 10:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake32 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.