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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 1996, 9:52 PM CST for Warren County, Mississippi. It was in force for 68 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, 9:52 PM CST (03:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1996, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 11:04 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Vicksburg, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 310353 TORJAN MSC149-310500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 952 PM CST SAT MAR 30 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...WARREN COUNTY AT 950 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ASSOCIATED WITH A STORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF VICKSBURG. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND SHOULD MOVE NEAR VICKSBURG BY 1025 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. <
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 9:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 67 min |
| Mar 30, 9:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 9:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 10:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 10:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 11:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 11:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 11:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 11:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 12:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 12:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 12:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 12:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 12:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 1:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 1:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 1:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 1:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 1:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 63 min |
| Mar 31, 3:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 3:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 4:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 5:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 30 min |
Nearby
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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.