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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Jackson, MS

April 22, 1996Warren County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 1996, 5:13 PM CDT for Warren County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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 22, 1996, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1996, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Warren County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 12:00Z on 1996-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 191 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1996-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 222214
TORJAN
MSC163-149-222300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
513 PM CDT MON APR 22 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN YAZOO COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...WARREN COUNTY
 
JACKSON WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF
REDWOOD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO IS ASSOCIATED WITH A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH IS MOVING THROUGH WARREN COUNTY AND WILL MOVE
INTO SOUTHWESTERN YAZOO COUNTY BY 530 PM.
 
SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR APARTMENT.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD FROM FLYING
DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWarren52 min
Apr 22, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena40 min
Apr 22, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds26 min
Apr 22, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds29 min
Apr 22, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison52 min
Apr 22, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds, Madison, Yazoo53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.