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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Jackson, MS

November 24, 1996Claiborne County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 1996, 10:34 PM CST for Claiborne 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 24, 1996, 10:34 PM CST (04:34 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 1996, 11:00 PM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Claiborne County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 1996-11-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 1996-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 250435 RRA
TORJAN
MSC021-250500-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1034 PM CST SUN NOV 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...CLAIBORNE COUNTY
 
AT 1034 PM CST JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST NORTHWEST
OF PATTISON MOVING NORTH AT 45 TO 50 MPH. ON THIS COURSE... THE TORNADO 
LMOVING NEAR HERMANVILLE... JUST WEST OF CARLISLE... AND TOWARD THE ROCKY
SPRINGS AREA.
 
 
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
Nov 24, 10:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson30 min
Nov 24, 10:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne36 min
Nov 24, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren30 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.