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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Jackson, MS

January 15, 1997Rankin County, Mississippi

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1997-01-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 319 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.
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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, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 4:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion25 min
Jan 15, 4:49 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar41 min
Jan 15, 4:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones46 min
Jan 15, 5:07 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones53 min
Jan 15, 5:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest50 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.