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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1996, 10:39 AM CDT for Leake County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 20, 1996, 10:39 AM CDT (15:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1996, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Leake County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 11:00 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Thomastown, MS | |
| Apr 20, 11:00 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Carthage, 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 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 1706 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 12.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 201538 TORJAN MSC079-201630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1039 AM CDT SAT APR 20 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...LEAKE COUNTY AT 1039 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST WEST OF THOMASTOWN MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOTION WILL TAKVE THE STORM OVER THOMASTOWN BY 1050 AM. 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. <
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 20, 9:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
923 AM CDT SAT APR 20 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 AM 2 S CARROLLTON MS UNCONFIRMED TORNADO
04/20/96 CARROLL
TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN AT ROUTE 35 AND
US 82.Local storm report, Apr 20, 9:58 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
957 AM CDT SAT APR 20 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 AM 5 S CARROLLTON MS TORNADO
04/20/96 CARROLL *** 1 DEAD ***
TREE FELL ON TRAILER ALONG
HWY 17.
0720 AM 8 NW CLEVELAND MS .88 INCH HAIL
04/20/96 BOLIVAR NO TSTM CELL IN THE
AREA...ONLY RAIN SHWR.
0755 AM GREENWOOD MS .88 INCH HAIL
04/20/96 LEFLORE HAIL ON NORTH SIDE OF
TOWN.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 6:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 6:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 7:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 7:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 7:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 8:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 28 min |
| Apr 20, 10:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 11:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 25 min |
| Apr 20, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 65 min |
| Apr 20, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 60 min |
| Apr 20, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 67 min |
| Apr 20, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 69 min |
| Apr 20, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Washington | 67 min |
| Apr 20, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 60 min |
| Apr 20, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Winston | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.