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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Jackson, MS

November 7, 1996Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1996, 1:34 PM CST for Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 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: Nov 7, 1996, 1:34 PM CST (19:34 UTC)
Expired: Nov 7, 1996, 2:00 PM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Marion County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 993 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 5.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 071935 RRA
TORJAN
MSC091-072000-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
134 PM CST THU NOV 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
AT 134 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING TORNADO ABOUT 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH TOWARD THE
COLUMBIA AREA. PEOPLE IN THE COLUMBIA AREA SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW!
 
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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DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF
NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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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

Special weather statement, Nov 7, 8:57 AM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes before

MSZ001>082-081200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
500 PM CDT THU NOV 7 1996

...COLD WEATHER IN STORE FOR MISSISSIPPI THIS WEEKEND...

A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT THAT WILL EXIT THE AREA TONIGHT WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY A COLD AIR MASS THAT WILL SURGE ACROSS THE STATE FRIDAY.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND WILL FORCE COLDER AIR INTO NORTH MISSISSIPPI
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...WHICH WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE STATE INTO SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS AIR MASS MAY PRODUCE SOME OF THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURES THIS FALL AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE
FOR SATURDAY MORNING AS FAR SOUTH AS NATCHEZ AND HATTIESBURG.

IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO PROTECT OUTDOOR PETS AND PLANTS SATURDAY
MORNING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE...TEMPERATURES
WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. AREAS IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
MAY ALSO SEE FREEZING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN
VALLEYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR
WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Nov 7, 10:30 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before

MSZ001>082-081630-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1030 AM CST THU NOV 7 1996

.TORADAO WATCH 1116 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM...NORTHERN HALF OF MS
.SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 1115 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM SOUTHWEST MS

THE APPROACH OF A STRONG COLD FRONT COUPLED WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIRMASS SET THE STAGE FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
MISSISSIPPI. DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER ISSUANCES.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...STORM SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO PRESONNEL HAVE
ALREADY BEEN ACTIVATED...CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

Special weather statement, Nov 7, 10:32 AM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes before

MSZ001>082-081630-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1030 AM CST THU NOV 7 1996

.TORADAO WATCH 1116 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM...NORTHERN HALF OF MS
.SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 1115 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM SOUTHWEST MS

THE APPROACH OF A STRONG COLD FRONT COUPLED WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIRMASS SET THE STAGE FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
MISSISSIPPI. DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.&

RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER ISSUANCES.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...STORM SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO PRESONNEL HAVE
ALREADY BEEN ACTIVATED...CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

Local storm report, Nov 7, 1:06 PM CST, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
106 PM CST THU NOV 7 1996

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

0721 AM    DERMOTT                   AR   WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96   CHICOT                         TREES DOWN...COTTON
                                          TRAILER TURNED OVER...WITH
                                          ROOF DAMAGE TO THE MIDDLE
                                          SCHOOL.

0750 AM    MOUND BAYOU               MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96   BOLIVAR                        TREES DOWN

0945 AM    BELZONI                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96   HUMPHREYS                      TREE LIMBS DOWN AT
                                          COURTHOUSE
1001 AM    BELZONI                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96   HOLMES                         WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH
                                          WENT THROUGH
                                          DOWTOWN...ROOFS WERE TORN
                                          OFF OR TWO
                                          BUILDINGS...NUMEROUS TREES
                                          DOWN...SHINGLES TORN OFF
                                          LOTS OF BUILDINGS

0952 AM                              MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96   ADAMS                          TREES DOWN...POWER LINES
                                          DOWN...ROOFS TORN OFF
                                          SEVERAL TRAILERS

1010 AM    CRUGER                    MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96   HOLMES                         SEVERAL COTTON TRAILERS
                                          BLOWN OVER.

1015 AM    KINGSTON                  MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96   ADAMS                          *** 1 INJ ***
                                          WIDESPREAD TREE
                                          DAMAGE...COLLAPSED ROOF
                                          WITH ONE INJURY
1115 AM    LOUISVILLE                MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96   WINSTON                        MINOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO
                                          BUILDING

1012 AM    CLINTON                   MS   70 MPH WINDS
11/07/96   HINDS

Local storm report, Nov 7, 1:07 PM CST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
106 PM CST THU NOV 7 1996

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

0721 AM    DERMOTT                   AR   WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96   CHICOT                         TREES DOWN...COTTON
                                          TRAILER TURNED OVER...WITH
                                          ROOF DAMAGE TO THE MIDDLE
                                          SCHOOL.

0750 AM    MOUND BAYOU               MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96   BOLIVAR                        TREES DOWN

0945 AM    BELZONI                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96   HUMPHREYS                      TREE LIMBS DOWN AT
                                          COURTHOUSE
1001 AM    BELZONI                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96   HOLMES                         WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH
                                          WENT THROUGH
                                          DOWTOWN...ROOFS WERE TORN
                                          OFF OR TWO
                                          BUILDINGS...NUMEROUS TREES
                                          DOWN...SHINGLES TORN OFF
                                          LOTS OF BUILDINGS

0952 AM                              MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96   ADAMS                          TREES DOWN...POWER LINES
                                          DOWN...ROOFS TORN OFF
                                          SEVERAL TRAILERS

1010 AM    CRUGER                    MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96   HOLMES                         SEVERAL COTTON TRAILERS
                                          BLOWN OVER.

1015 AM    KINGSTON                  MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96   ADAMS                          *** 1 INJ ***
                                          WIDESPREAD TREE
                                          DAMAGE...COLLAPSED ROOF
                                          WITH ONE INJURY
1115 AM    LOUISVILLE                MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/07/96   WINSTON                        MINOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO
                                          BUILDING

1012 AM    CLINTON                   MS   70 MPH WINDS
11/07/96   HINDS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 7, 7:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	40 min
Nov 7, 8:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	49 min
Nov 7, 9:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	63 min
Nov 7, 9:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	63 min
Nov 7, 10:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo	44 min
Nov 7, 10:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	47 min
Nov 7, 11:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	43 min
Nov 7, 11:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds	41 min
Nov 7, 12:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee	39 min
Nov 7, 12:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	49 min
Nov 7, 12:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	36 min
Nov 7, 1:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar	33 min
Nov 7, 2:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	44 min
Nov 7, 2:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	37 min
Nov 7, 2:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	35 min
Nov 7, 2:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	30 min
Nov 7, 3:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	31 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.