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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Jackson, MS

November 30, 1996Lamar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 1996, 5:55 PM CST for Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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
Nov 30, 1996, 5:55 PM CST (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Nov 30, 1996, 6:30 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lamar County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 30, 6:15 PM CSTThunderstorm WindPurvis, 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1996-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1996-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 302357
TORJAN
MSC073-010030-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
555 PM CST SAT NOV 30 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LAMAR COUNTY
 
AT 556 PM...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BAXTERVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 40
MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.  AS A
LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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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.