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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Jackson, MS

April 21, 1996Sunflower County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 1996, 5:50 AM CDT for Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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, 5:50 AM CDT (10:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 1996, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Sunflower County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 21, 6:00 AM CDTHail 1Inverness, 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1996-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1996-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 211050
TORJAN
MSC133-211115-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
550 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 LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY
 
AT 549 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PARCHMAN MOVING EAST AT 30. THIS STORM SHOULD PASS NORTH OF PARCHMAN 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 PILLOWS 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, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee39 min
Apr 20, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Montgomery52 min
Apr 20, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo62 min
Apr 20, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes41 min
Apr 20, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha54 min
Apr 20, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll47 min
Apr 20, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster56 min
Apr 20, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Madison58 min
Apr 20, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes58 min
Apr 20, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Montgomery45 min
Apr 20, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston45 min
Apr 20, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha48 min
Apr 20, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee53 min
Apr 20, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington45 min
Apr 20, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey, Washington46 min
Apr 21, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Leflore62 min
Apr 21, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes61 min
Apr 21, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery52 min
Apr 21, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster41 min
Apr 21, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw46 min
Apr 21, 5:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar41 min
Apr 21, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington63 min
Apr 21, 6:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada42 min
Apr 21, 6:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower51 min
Apr 21, 7:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada46 min
Apr 21, 7:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington52 min
Apr 21, 7:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada31 min
Apr 21, 8:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar28 min
Apr 21, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery33 min
Apr 21, 8:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower40 min
Apr 21, 8:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster48 min
Apr 21, 8:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore56 min
Apr 21, 9:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada60 min
Apr 21, 10:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery49 min
Apr 21, 10:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster68 min
Apr 21, 11:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha54 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.