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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Jackson, MS

April 22, 1996Hinds County, Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 1996, 8:42 PM CDT for Hinds County, Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min. 4 reports 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 22, 1996, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 1996, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Apr 22, 9:05 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Flora, MS
Apr 22, 9:07 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Byram, MS
Apr 22, 9:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson, MS
Apr 22, 9:35 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Madison, 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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 33 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 853 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 5.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 230143
TORJAN
MSC049-089-163-230230-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
842 PM CDT MON APR 22 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN YAZOO COUNTY
 
AT 841 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BOLTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL APPROACH FLORA
AND BENTONIA BY 9 PM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  MOVE QUICKLY TO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
AVOID WIND8OWS.  LEAVE CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
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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 22, 8:06 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
806 PM CDT MON APR 22 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0445 PM    MOUND                     LA   WIND DAMAGE
04/22/96   MADISON                        TREES DOWN AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWN IN EASTERN MADISON
                                          PARISH.

0453 PM    VICKSBURG                 MS   66 MPH TSTM GUST
04/22/96   WARREN                         ASOS REPORTED WIND GUSTS
                                          OF 66 MPH.

0615 PM    BOLTON                    MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/22/96   HINDS                          QUARTER AND GOLFBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL.

0737 PM    YOKENA                    MS   .5 INCH HAIL
04/22/96   WARREN                         MARBLE SIZE HAIL.

0744 PM    YAZOO CITY                MS   .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/96   YAZOO                          DIME SIZE HAIL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	45 min
Apr 22, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	33 min
Apr 22, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	34 min
Apr 22, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	30 min
Apr 22, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Hinds	37 min
Apr 22, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	67 min
Apr 22, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	30 min
Apr 22, 9:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	52 min
Apr 22, 9:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah	27 min
Apr 22, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	34 min
Apr 22, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	46 min
Apr 22, 9:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	47 min
Apr 22, 9:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson	42 min
Apr 22, 10:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Winston	47 min
Apr 22, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson	49 min
Apr 22, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	49 min
Apr 22, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton	30 min
Apr 22, 10:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Winston	40 min
Apr 22, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	38 min
Apr 22, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	42 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.