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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1996, 11:09 AM CDT for Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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 20, 1996, 11:09 AM CDT (16:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1996, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Neshoba County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 201609 TORJAN MSC099-201700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1109 AM CDT SAT APR 20 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NESHOBA COUNTY AT 1108 AM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF EDINBURG OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF PHILADELPHIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM SHOULD PAST NEAR PHILADELPHIA BY 1145 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 45 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, 1 hour 11 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.Special weather statement, Apr 20, 11:02 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
MSZ001>082-210400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1101 AM CDT SAT APR 20 1996 ...RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING WAS LOCATED ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST HAS FIRED UP STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSPPI. TO THE SOUTH OF THE FRONT...THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO THE SOUTH OF IT ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOS. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...HAM RADIO AND SPOTTER PERSONNEL WILL BE REQUIRED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
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, 10:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.