Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 1997, 2:53 PM CST for Claiborne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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
- Feb 28, 1997, 2:53 PM CST (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 1997, 3:30 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Claiborne County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Gibson, 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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
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, Feb 28, 10:10 AM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
MSZ001>082-290400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1010 AM CST FRI FEB 28 1997 A WARM FRONT THAT WAS LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE STATE TODAY AND LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA BY TONIGHT. INCREASING SOUTHERLY WIND BEHIND THE FRONT WILL USHER A MOIST AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS INTO THE REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE BUT MOST ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS DUE TO LIMITED DYNAMICS IN THE AREA. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT/CIVIL DEFENSE PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 10:17 AM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
MSZ001>082-290400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1010 AM CST FRI FEB 28 1997 A WARM FRONT THAT WAS LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE STATE TODAY AND LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA BY TONIGHT. INCREASING SOUTHERLY WIND BEHIND THE FRONT WILL USHER A MOIST AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS INTO THE REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE BUT MOST ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS DUE TO LIMITED DYNAMICS IN THE AREA. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT/CIVIL DEFENSE PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
Local storm report, Feb 28, 2:19 PM CST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO YESTERDAYS LSR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
220 PM CST THU FEB 27 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 PM HAMBURG AR 60 MPH TSTM GUST
02/26/97 ASHLEY REPORTED IN HAMBURG
BY S.O.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 3:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 3:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 51 min |
| Feb 28, 4:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 4:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 65 min |
| Feb 28, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 35 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.