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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1996, 6:38 PM CDT for Humphreys County, Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report 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, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1996, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Humphreys County, MS, Washington County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 6:45 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Jaketown, 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 202338 TORJAN MSC151-053-210045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 638 PM CDT SAT APR 20 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...WESTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY AT 634 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PANTHER BURN. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH...AND WILL BE ENTERING WESTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY BY 700 PM. THE TOWNS OF SILVER CITY AND MIDNIGHT ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF8 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, 2:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
210 PM CDT SAT APR 20 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1005 AM 1 SE HOLLANDALE MS 1 INCH HAIL
04/20/96 WASHINGTON
1025 AM 10 N CANTON MS .88 INCH HAIL
04/20/96 MADISON
1100 AM THOMASTOWN MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/20/96 LEAKE
1100 AM CARTH6AGE MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/20/96 LEAKEThe 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, 11:09 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, 6:45 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.