Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1996, 1:41 PM CST for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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
- Jan 18, 1996, 1:41 PM CST (19:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 1996, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harrison County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2:10 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Gulfport, 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 628 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 527 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 10.5
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 18, 10:00 AM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-027>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-182300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE 1000 AM CST THU JAN 18 1996 ...STRONG ARCTIC AIRMASS IS DROPPING INTO LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON BEHINH A STRONG COLD FRONT... AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI WILL BRING SHARP CHANGES TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO DROP FROM 20 TO 30 DEGREES BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. READING IN THE 50S IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA HAVE ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S. TEMP@ERATURE IN THE SOUTH AND EAST PORTIONS OF THE STATE WILL FALL FROM THE 70S TO THE 50S AND CONTINUE FALLING INTO THE NIGHT. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE MID TEENS NORTH TO THE MID 20S NORTH AND EAST OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND FROM NEAR 30 SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE TONIGHTS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TO RANGE FROM -10 NORTH TO 5 TO 10 DEGREES SOUTH. PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST THESE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE TAKEN. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE LIVESTOCK AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS HAVE PROPER SHELTER AND WATER. PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION AND CITRUS TREES...PROTECT PIPES...CHECK ANTIFREEZE IN YOUR VEHICLE...CHECK YOUR FURNACE AND HEATING EQUIPMENT TO ENSURE THEY FUNCTION PROPERLY AND SAFELY. ALWAYS AVOID DOING STRENUOUS WORK OUTSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TELEVISION/RADIO STATIONS FOR ALL THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 10:07 AM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-027>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-182300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE 1000 AM CST THU JAN 18 1996 ...STRONG ARCTIC AIRMASS IS DROPPING INTO LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON BEHINH A STRONG COLD FRONT... AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI WILL BRING SHARP CHANGES TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO DROP FROM 20 TO 30 DEGREES BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. READING IN THE 50S IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA HAVE ALREADY FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S. TEMP@ERATURE IN THE SOUTH AND EAST PORTIONS OF THE STATE WILL FALL FROM THE 70S TO THE 50S AND CONTINUE FALLING INTO THE NIGHT. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE MID TEENS NORTH TO THE MID 20S NORTH AND EAST OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND FROM NEAR 30 SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE TONIGHTS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TO RANGE FROM -10 NORTH TO 5 TO 10 DEGREES SOUTH. PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST THESE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE TAKEN. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE LIVESTOCK AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS HAVE PROPER SHELTER AND WATER. PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION AND CITRUS TREES...PROTECT PIPES...CHECK ANTIFREEZE IN YOUR VEHICLE...CHECK YOUR FURNACE AND HEATING EQUIPMENT TO ENSURE THEY FUNCTION PROPERLY AND SAFELY. ALWAYS AVOID DOING STRENUOUS WORK OUTSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TELEVISION/RADIO STATIONS FOR ALL THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.