Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1997, 9:29 AM CST for Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 1997, 9:29 AM CST (15:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1997, 10:15 AM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Scott County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 10:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest, MS | Several trees were blown down in Forest and several other locations throughout the county. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 9:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 671 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 051532 RRA SVRJAN MSC123-051615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 929 AM CST SAT APR 5 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SCOTT COUNTY AT 928 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN SCOTT COUNTY. THE LINE WILL MOVE OVER MORTON AND LUDLOW BY 945 AM...AND FOREST AND HARPERVILLE BY 1000 AM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. < 68
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, Apr 5, 7:05 AM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
MSZ001>082-051200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 705 AM CST SAT APR 5 1997 ...TORNADO WATCHES 139 AND 140 REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI... TORNADO WATCHES 139 AND 140 REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 900 AM CST THIS SATURDAY MORNING. A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVBING INTO WEST MISSISSIPPI BY 800 AM CST. THESE STORMS HAVE A HSITORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THEY ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO DAWN WITH THIS APPROACHING SYSTEM. PERSONS IN MISSISSIPPI ARE URGED TO WATCH FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AS THIS SYSTEM DEVELOPS.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 7:05 AM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
MSZ001>082-051200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 705 AM CST SAT APR 5 1997 ...TORNADO WATCHES 139 AND 140 REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI... TORNADO WATCHES 139 AND 140 REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 900 AM CST THIS SATURDAY MORNING. A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVBING INTO WEST MISSISSIPPI BY 800 AM CST. THESE STORMS HAVE A HSITORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THEY ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 7:08 AM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
MSZ001>082-051200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 705 AM CST SAT APR 5 1997 ...TORNADO WATCHES 139 AND 140 REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI... TORNADO WATCHES 139 AND 140 REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 900 AM CST THIS SATURDAY MORNING. A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVBING INTO WEST MISSISSIPPI BY 800 AM CST. THESE STORMS HAVE A HSITORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THEY ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO DAWN WITH THIS APPROACHING SYSTEM. PERSONS IN MISSISSIPPI ARE URGED TO WATCH FOR FURTHER STATE*MENTS AS THIS SYSTEM DEVELOPS.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 7:11 AM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
MSZ001>082-051200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 705 AM CST SAT APR 5 1997 ...TORNADO WATCHES 139 AND 140 REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI... TORNADO WATCHES 139 AND 140 REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 900 AM CST THIS SATURDAY MORNING. A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVBING INTO WEST MISSISSIPPI BY 800 AM CST. THESE STORMS HAVE A HSITORY OF6 PRODUCING STRONG WINDS, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THEY ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
Local storm report, Apr 5, 8:48 AM CST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
848 AM CST SAT APR 05 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0640 AM WINNSBORO LA WIND DAMAGE
04/05/97 FRANKLIN TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED...ALSO AT GILBERT
0705 AM LA WIND DAMAGE
04/05/97 MADISON MS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE
PARISH
0727 AM 5 S GREENVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
04/05/97 WASHINGTON HIGHWAY SIGNS BLOWN DOWN
0730 AM GREENVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
04/05/97 WASHINGTON TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
0740 AM 2 SE BOYLE MS WIND DAMAGE
04/05/97 BOLIVAR TREES DOWN
0745 AM PORT GIBSON MS WIND DAMAGE
04/05/97 CLAIBORNE TREES DOWN
0810 AM VICKSBURG MS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/05/97 WARREN TREES DOWN...POWERLINES
DOWN...WINDOWS BLOWN OUT
0835 AM RAYMOND MS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/05/97 HINDS
0820 AM HAZELHURST MS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/05/97 COPIAH ALSO PEA SIZE HAILSpecial weather statement, Apr 5, 9:23 AM CST, 6 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ001>067-072>076-078-079- 052215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 923 AM CST SAT APR 5 1997 A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREA LAKES FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MOST OF MISSISSIPPI TODAY. A SLOW MOVING BUT STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS VERY TIGHT WITH THIS SYSTEM AS SUSTAINED WINDS ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NIGHT AVERAGED 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENTLY HIGHER GUSTS. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN TODAY AS SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITH GULF MOISTURE RACING NORTH INTO THE APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM. BOATERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO AVOID WATERWAYS TODAY IF POSSIBLE AND EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. WATERS WILL BECOME CHOPPY AND QUITE TURBULENT WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA CABLE T.V. AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 7:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 7:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 7:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 7:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 7:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 7:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 7:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Leflore | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 8:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 8:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 8:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 8:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 65 min |
| Apr 5, 8:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 8:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 9:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 10:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 10:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha, Webster | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 11:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 53 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.