Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 15, 1997, 2:02 PM CST for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 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 15, 1997, 2:02 PM CST (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 1997, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rankin County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 152005 RRA SVRJAN MSC121-152030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 202 PM CST WED JAN 15 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...RANKIN COUNTY AT 2PM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE PEARL RIVER...MOVING INTO THE PEARL AND FLOWOOD AREAS. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. 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. < 69
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, Jan 15, 9:43 AM CST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
MSZ001>082-160400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST WED JAN 15 1997 THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AS SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE GULF MOISTURE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE WILL SPREAD OVER THE REST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE COULD BE SOME ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT OVER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED OVER THE STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
Special weather statement, Jan 15, 10:00 AM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
MSZ001>082-160400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST WED JAN 15 1997 THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AS SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE GULF MOISTURE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE WILL SPREAD OVER THE REST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE COULD BE SOME ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT OVER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED OVER THE STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 4:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 25 min |
| Jan 15, 4:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 41 min |
| Jan 15, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 46 min |
| Jan 15, 5:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 53 min |
| Jan 15, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 50 min |
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.