Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS New Orleans, LA

January 26, 1996Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 26, 1996, 1:30 PM CST for Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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 26, 1996, 1:30 PM CST (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jan 26, 1996, 2:15 PM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Walthall County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 26, 2:10 PM CSTHail 0.88Salem, 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 1996-01-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 42 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 1996-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 439 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
439 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
532 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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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
Jan 26, 11:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Feliciana, Saint Helena62 min
Jan 26, 12:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Feliciana, Saint Helena66 min
Jan 26, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa45 min
Jan 26, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Helena45 min
Jan 26, 11:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike66 min
Jan 26, 12:11 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXAmite, Pike49 min
Jan 26, 12:29 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXWalthall46 min
Jan 26, 12:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Pike52 min
Jan 26, 1:07 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXAmite, Pike53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.