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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Jackson, MS

March 2, 1997Carroll County, Montgomery County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 1997, 3:28 PM CST for Carroll County, Montgomery County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 1997, 3:28 PM CST (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 1997, 4:00 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, MS, Montgomery County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1997-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 667 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1997-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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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, Mar 2, 10:05 AM CST, 5 hours 23 minutes before
MSZ001>082-030400-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1005 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997

A STALLING FRONTAL SYSTEM AND AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL
PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. THE
AIRMASS OVER MISSISSIPPI REMAINS VERY MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE. THESE
FACTORS COMBINED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE
SUFACE WILL ENHANCE THE STRENGTH OF SOME OF THE STORMS. THERE IS A MODERATE
RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE TODAY.
THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE CURRENT AIRMASS WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD LEAD TO TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT/CIVIL DEFENSE PERSONNEL MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH.
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 10:06 AM CST, 5 hours 22 minutes before
MSZ001>082-030400-

MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1005 AM CST SUN MAR 02 1997

A STALLING FRONTAL SYSTEM AND AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL
PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. THE
AIRMASS OVER MISSISSIPPI REMAINS VERY MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE. THESE
FACTORS COMBINED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE
SUFACE WILL ENHANCE THE STRENGTH OF SOME OF THE STORMS. THERE IS A MODERATE
RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE TODAY.
THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE CURRENT AIRMASS WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD LEAD TO TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT/CIVIL DEFENSE PERSONNEL MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 3:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMontgomery29 min
Mar 2, 3:47 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWebster43 min
Mar 2, 3:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada35 min
Mar 2, 3:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes49 min
Mar 2, 4:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala44 min
Mar 2, 4:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery47 min
Mar 2, 4:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw48 min
Mar 2, 5:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll31 min
Mar 2, 5:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo43 min
Mar 2, 5:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes44 min
Mar 1, 10:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.