Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 250, NWS New Orleans, LA

December 29, 1996Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 29, 1996, 8:58 AM CST for Harrison 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
Dec 29, 1996, 8:58 AM CST (14:58 UTC)
Expired
Dec 29, 1996, 9:30 AM CST
In force
32 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 15:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 29, 9:02 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 45Gulfport, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 29, 6:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAssumption, Lafourche69 min
Dec 29, 9:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Bernard29 min
Dec 29, 7:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPearl River66 min
Dec 29, 8:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHancock, Harrison31 min
Dec 29, 9:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.