Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 1997, 6:34 PM CST for Montgomery County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 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, 6:34 PM CST (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 1997, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, MS
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1465 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.1
- Supercell composite
- 11.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
935 WUUS1 KJAN 030036 RRA SVRJAN MSC097-030100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 634 PM CST SUN MAR 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT 633 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF WINONA MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH KILMICHAEL BY 645 PM. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. < 74
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
Local storm report, Mar 2, 6:20 PM CST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
620 PM CST SUN MAR 02 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0440 PM VAIDEN MS WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 CARROLL TREES DOWN OFF HIGHWAY 35
NEAR VAIDEN REPORTED BY
CARROLL SO
0540 PM COILA MS WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 CARROLL TREES DOWN IN TOWN OF
COILA REPORTED BY CARROLL
SO
0540 PM YAZOO CITY MS WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 YAZOO TREES DOWN IN YAZOO CITY
AND IN THE COUNTY OFF BELL
ROAD...HIGHWAY 432 AND OLD
HIGHWAY 16
0615 PM YAZOO CITY MS FLOODING
03/02/97 YAZOO LINTONIA AVENUE CANAL IN
DANGER OF
OVERFLOWING...WILLIS CREEK
IS OVERFLOWING...SOME
MUDSLIDES REPORTED AND
HOUSES IN DANGER OF
FLOODINGLocal storm report, Mar 2, 6:23 PM CST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
620 PM CST SUN MAR 02 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0440 PM VAIDEN MS WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 CARROLL TREES DOWN OFF HIGHWAY 35
NEAR VAIDEN REPORTED BY
CARROLL SO
0540 PM COILA MS WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 CARROLL TREES DOWN IN TOWN OF
COILA REPORTED BY CARROLL
SO
0540 PM YAZOO CITY MS WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 YAZOO TREES DOWN IN YAZOO CITY
AND IN THE COUNTY OFF BELL
ROAD...HIGHWAY 432 AND OLD
HIGHWAY 16
0615 PM YAZOO CITY MS FLOODING
03/02/97 YAZOO LINTONIA AVENUE CANAL IN
DANGER OF
OVERFLOWING...WILLIS CREEK
IS OVERFLOWING...SOME
MUDSLIDES REPORTED AND
HOUSES IN DANGER OF
FLOODINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 6:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 6:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:11 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Montgomery, Webster | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 8:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leflore | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.