Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 43, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 1996, 9:26 PM CDT for Concordia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 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, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 1996, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Concordia Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 150226 TORJAN LAC029-150300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 926 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...CONCORDIA PARISH AT 925 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ACME...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR NEW ERA...AND BETWEEN DEER PARK AND SLOCUM BY 945 PM. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR APARTMENT. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS. <
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, Apr 14, 6:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
540 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0300 PM JACKSON MS WIND DAMAGE
04/14/96 HINDS JUST WEST OF METHODIST
HOSPITAL ON HWY 18
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
0305 PM BRANDON MS 1 INCH HAIL
04/14/96 RANKIN ALSO TREES DOWN.
0320 PM JACKSON MS WIND DAMAGE
04/14/96 HINDS PINE TREES DOWN AND
WINDOWS BLOWN OUT IN
SOUTHWEST JACKSON AND HWY
80.
0430 PM MERIDIAN MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/96 LAUDERDALE DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
0445 PM HOUSE MS WIND DAMAGE
04/14/96 NESHOBA TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURES
DAMAGED.
0540 PM SCOOBA MS WIND DAMAGE
04/14/96 KEMPER NUMEROUS TREES DOWN NEAR
SCOOBA ALL ALONG HWY 45
ALONG KEMPER/NOXUBEE
COUNTY LINE.
0544 PM PETAL MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/14/96 FORREST GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ON HWY
42 EAST OF PETAL.
0545 PM KOSCIUSKO MS WIND DAMAGE
04/14/96 ATTALA TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWN...NATCHEZ TRACE
CLOSED.
0628 PM CLEARY MS DIME SIZE
RANKIN HAIL.
0430 PM MERIDIAN MS NICKEL SIZE
LAUDERDALE HAIL...TREES
DOWN IN NORTH
T MERIDIAN.Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
657 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0646 PM JACKSON MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/96 HINDS DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON
OLD BRANDON ROAD.Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
730 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
20300 PM YAZOO CITY MS WIND DAMAGE
04/14/96 YAZOO TREES DOWN ON
CARS...DAMAGE TO HOUSES
AND ROOFING TORN.Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
655 PM CST SUN APR 14 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0329 PM HOUSE MS WIND DAMAGE
04/14/96 NESHOBA TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAYS DUE
TO STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTYLocal storm report, Apr 14, 8:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
755 PM CST SUN APR 14 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0429 PM HOUSE MS WIND DAMAGE
04/14/96 NESHOBA TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAYS DUE
TO STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTYLocal storm report, Apr 14, 8:46 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ..CORRECTED..
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
845 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNT Y LOCATION....
0646 PM BRANDON MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/96 RANKIN DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON
OLD BRANDON ROAD.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 34 min |
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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.