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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Jackson, MS

March 30, 1996West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 1996, 10:37 PM CST for West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 38 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: Mar 30, 1996, 10:37 PM CST (04:37 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 1996, 11:15 PM CST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County West Carroll Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 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.

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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 310438
TORJAN
LAC123-310515-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1037 PM CST SAT MAR 30 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...WEST CARROLL PARISH
 
AT 1036 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
OVER SOUTHERN WEST CARROLL PARISH 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF EPPS...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.  AS A
LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 10:35 PM CST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
1035 PM CST SAT MAR 30 1996

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0750 PM    2 W CROSSETT              AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   ASHLEY

0830 PM    5 NE BASTROP              LA   TORNADO
03/30/96   MOREHOUSE                      PSBL TORNADO... ROOFS OFF
                                          HOMES... POWERLINES DOWN

0830 PM    KILBOURNE                 LA   .88 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   WEST CARROLL

0840 PM    GOODWILL                  LA   .75 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   WEST CARROLL

0950 PM    2 SW BASTROP              LA   .75 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   MOREHOUSE

1010 PM    2 NW CLEVELAND            MS   .88 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   BOLIVAR

1015 PM    HOLLY RIDGE               LA   TORNADO
03/30/96   RICHLAND                       TORNADO REPORTEDLY TOUCHED
                                          DOWN BRIEFLY... NO DAMAGE
                                          KNOWN ATTM

1025 PM    5 W HAMBURG               AR   2.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   ASHLEY

AG

Local storm report, Mar 30, 10:36 PM CST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
1035 PM CST SAT MAR 30 1996

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0750 PM    2 W CROSSETT              AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   ASHLEY

0830 PM    5 NE BASTROP              LA   TORNADO
03/30/96   MOREHOUSE                      PSBL TORNADO... ROOFS OFF
                                          HOMES... POWERLINES DOWN

0830 PM    KILBOURNE                 LA   .88 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   WEST CARROLL

0840 PM    GOODWILL                  LA   .75 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   WEST CARROLL

0950 PM    2 SW BASTROP              LA   .75 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   MOREHOUSE

1010 PM    2 NW CLEVELAND            MS   .88 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   BOLIVAR

1015 PM    HOLLY RIDGE               LA   TORNADO
03/30/96   RICHLAND                       TORNADO REPORTEDLY TOUCHED
                                          DOWN BRIEFLY... NO DAMAGE
                                          KNOWN ATTM

1025 PM    5 W HAMBURG               AR   2.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/96   ASHLEY

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, 8:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	West Carroll	65 min
Mar 30, 8:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll	65 min
Mar 30, 9:00 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, 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.