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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Jackson, MS

June 1, 1996Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1996, 8:13 PM CDT for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 1, 1996, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1996, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Hinds County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 8:15 PM CDTHail 2.75Jackson, 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 1996-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1312 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 00:00Z on 1996-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
1312 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 020120
TORJAN
MSC049-020145-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
813 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HINDS COUNTY
 
AT 815 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN SOUTH JACKSON. THE STORM IS MOVING
TO THE EAST ABOUT 40 MPH.
 
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
Jun 1, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds29 min
Jun 1, 8:20 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin40 min
Jun 1, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith69 min
Jun 1, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence43 min
Jun 1, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis51 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.