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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS

April 14, 1996Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 1996, 1:38 PM CDT for Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 52 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
Apr 14, 1996, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 1996, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Catahoula Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 12:00Z on 1996-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1759 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 12:00Z on 1996-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1759 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 141840
TORJAN
LAC025-141930-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
138 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN CATAHOULA PARISH
 
AT 138 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE
TORNADO OVER NORTHERN CATAHOULA PARISH NEAR HARRISONBURG. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A FUNNELL CLOUD HAS BEEN SPOTTED WITH
THIS STORM WITHIN THE PAST 5 MINUTES.
 
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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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 11:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse42 min
Apr 14, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse, West Carroll47 min
Apr 14, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland40 min
Apr 14, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll43 min
Apr 14, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWest Carroll39 min
Apr 14, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANTensas26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.