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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS

January 8, 1997Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 1997, 5:46 PM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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
Jan 8, 1997, 5:46 PM CST (23:46 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 1997, 6:15 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Forrest County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 1997-01-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 430 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
430 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
481 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 082348 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC035-090015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
546 PM CST WED JAN 8 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...FORREST COUNTY
 
AT 545 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BROOKLYN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOTION WILL TAKE
THE STORM NEAR BROOKLYN BY 6 PM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 6:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson45 min
Jan 8, 9:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah31 min
Jan 8, 9:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson42 min
Jan 8, 10:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith27 min
Jan 8, 10:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton47 min
Jan 8, 10:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Franklin40 min
Jan 8, 11:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson54 min
Jan 8, 12:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds53 min
Jan 8, 12:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin53 min

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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.