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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 26, 1996, 2:47 PM CST for Jefferson Davis County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 min. 2 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
- Jan 26, 1996, 2:47 PM CST (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 1996, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jefferson Davis County, MS, Marion County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2:55 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Columbia Marion Arpt, MS | |
| Jan 26, 3:44 PM CST | Hail 1 | Melba, 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 643 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 718 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 262047 TORJAN MSC065-091-262145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 247 PM CST FRI JAN 26 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY...MARION COUNTY JACKSON WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH AND WILL PASS BETWEEN BASSFIELD AND MELBA BY 330 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 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. <
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
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 9:59 AM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
MSZ001>082-270400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST FRI JAN 26 1996 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASING SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER WESTERN MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING AND SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE BY LATE TONIGHT. TH6E SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS WILL BE NECESSARY TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 10:00 AM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
MSZ001>082-270400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST FRI JAN 26 1996 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASING SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER WESTERN MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING AND SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE BY LATE TONIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS WILL BE NECESSARY TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. WWCN01CWTO 1WWCN01 CWTO 261515 $
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 6:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 29 min |
| Jan 26, 6:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 7:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 7:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 42 min |
| Jan 26, 11:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 2 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 41 min |
| Jan 26, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 50 min |
| Jan 26, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 47 min |
| Jan 26, 2:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 115 min |
| Jan 26, 2:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Scott | 85 min |
| Jan 26, 2:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 66 min |
| Jan 26, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 3:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 41 min |
| Jan 26, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 3:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Rankin, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds | 3 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 40 min |
| Jan 26, 4:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 50 min |
| Jan 26, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 49 min |
| Jan 26, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 43 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.