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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Jackson, MS

April 21, 1996Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 1996, 5:18 AM CDT for Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 57 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 21, 1996, 5:18 AM CDT (10:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 1996, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 21, 5:30 AM CDTHail 1.75Dermott, AR

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 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 00:00Z on 1996-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1601 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1996-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
1601 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 211018
TORJAN
ARC003-017-211115-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
518 AM CDT SUN APR 21 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN ASHLEY COUNTY...CHICOT COUNTY
 
AT 517 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF DERMOTT
MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOTION WILL TAKE THE
STORM SOUTH OF DERMOTT TO BETWEEN LAKE VILLAGE AND DEWEY BY 6 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 PILLtOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley42 min
Apr 20, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot45 min
Apr 20, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot45 min
Apr 21, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.