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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Jackson, MS

March 30, 1996Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 1996, 11:49 PM CST for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports 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, 11:49 PM CST (05:49 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 1996, 12:30 AM CST
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Rankin County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 31, 12:03 AM CST	Hail 1.75	Brandon, MS
Mar 31, 12:20 AM CST	Hail 3	Pearl, 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 14 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 310550
TORJAN
MSC121-310630-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1149 PM CST SAT MAR 30 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...RANKIN COUNTY
 
AT 1148 PM...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A CLUSTER OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM SAND HILL TO MADISON. A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS
INDICATED OVER NORTHERN JACKSON NEAR RIDGELAND. THE STORM WILL PASS OVER
ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR AND APPROACH FANNIN BY 1210 AM.
 
 
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.
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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, 1 hour 14 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 hour 13 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

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, 9:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Warren	68 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 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.