Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1997, 2:21 PM CDT for Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 39 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 23, 1997, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1997, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tensas Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Newellton, LA |
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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
075 WUUS1 KJAN 231922 RRA SVRJAN LAC107-232000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 221 PM CDT WED APR 23 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...TENSAS PARISH AT 220 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN TENSAS PARISH NORTHWEST OF NEWELLTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND WILL PASS NEAR NEWELLTON AROUND 230 PM. HAIL TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE NEAR THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DONT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS DONT DRIVE INTO WATER CROSSINGS. < 56
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, Apr 23, 10:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
1055 AM CDT WED APR 23 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0940 AM BEEKMAN LA WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 MOREHOUSE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN
ACROSS HWY 142.
1150 AM GOODMAN MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 HOLMES FEW TREES DOWN ON HWY 51
NORTH OF GOODMAN
1230 PM BRANDON MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 RANKIN LARGE TREE SNAPPED BY HIGH
WINDS
0120 PM NEWTON MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 NEWTON FEW TREES DOWN AROUND
NEWTON AND SCATTERED ALONG
HWY 15
0330 PM HAZLEHURST MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 COPIAH FEW TREES DOWN NORTH AND
SOUTH OF HAZLEHURST
0425 PM MT OLIVE MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 COVINGTON HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE
REPORTED
0430 PM OLD HEBRON MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 JEFFERSON DAVIS HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE
REPORTED IN NW CORNER OF
COUNTY.
0530 PM BASSFIELD MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 JEFFERSON DAVIS TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN ON
BACK ROADS NEAR BASSFIELD.
ALSO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
REPORTED.Local storm report, Apr 23, 10:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
1055 AM CDT WED APR 23 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0940 AM BEEKMAN LA WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 MOREHOUSE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN
ACROSS HWY 142.
1150 AM GOODMAN MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 HOLMES FEW TREES DOWN ON HWY 51
NORTH OF GOODMAN
1230 PM BRANDON MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 RANKIN LARGE TREE SNAPPED BY HIGH
WINDS
0120 PM NEWTON MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 NEWTON FEW TREES DOWN AROUND
NEWTON AND SCATTERED ALONG
HWY 15
0330 PM HAZLEHURST MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 COPIAH FEW TREES DOWN NORTH AND
SOUTH OF HAZLEHURST
0425 PM MT OLIVE MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 COVINGTON HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE
REPORTED
0430 PM OLD HEBRON MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 JEFFERSON DAVIS HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE
REPORTED IN NW CORNER OF
COUNTY.
0530 PM BASSFIELD MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 JEFFERSON DAVIS TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN ON
BACK ROADS NEAR BASSFIELD.
ALSO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
REPORTED.Local storm report, Apr 23, 10:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
1055 AM CDT WED APR 23 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0940 AM BEEKMAN LA WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 MOREHOUSE LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN
ACROSS HWY 142.
1150 AM GOODMAN MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 HOLMES FEW TREES DOWN ON HWY 51
NORTH OF GOODMAN
1230 PM BRANDON MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 RANKIN LARGE TREE SNAPPED BY HIGH
WINDS
0120 PM NEWTON MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 NEWTON FEW TREES DOWN AROUND
NEWTON AND SCATTERED ALONG
HWY 15
0330 PM HAZLEHURST MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 COPIAH FEW TREES DOWN NORTH AND
SOUTH OF HAZLEHURST
0425 PM MT OLIVE MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 COVINGTON HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE
REPORTED
0430 PM OLD HEBRON MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 JEFFERSON DAVIS HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE
REPORTED IN NW CORNER OF
COUNTY.
0530 PM BASSFIELD MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 JEFFERSON DAVIS FEW LARGE TREE LIMBS/BRANCHES
DOWN ON BACK ROADS NEAR
BASSFIELD. MARBLE SIZE HAIL
WAS ALSO REPORTED.Local storm report, Apr 23, 11:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
1055 AM CDT WED APR 23 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0940 AM BEEKMAN LA WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 MOREHOUSE LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN
ACROSS HWY 142.
1150 AM GOODMAN MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 HOLMES FEW TREES DOWN ON HWY 51
NORTH OF GOODMAN
1230 PM BRANDON MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 RANKIN LARGE TREE SNAPPED BY HIGH
WINDS
0120 PM NEWTON MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 NEWTON FEW TREES DOWN AROUND
NEWTON AND SCATTERED ALONG
HWY 15
0330 PM HAZLEHURST MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 COPIAH FEW TREES DOWN NORTH AND
SOUTH OF HAZLEHURST
0425 PM MT OLIVE MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 COVINGTON HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE
REPORTED
0430 PM OLD HEBRON MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 JEFFERSON DAVIS HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE
REPORTED IN NW CORNER OF
COUNTY.
0530 PM BASSFIELD MS WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 JEFFERSON DAVIS FEWH LARGE TREE LIMBS/BRANCHES
DOWN ON BACK ROADS NEAR
BASSFIELD. MARBLE SIZE HAIL
WAS ALSO REPORTED.Local storm report, Apr 23, 12:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
1247 PM CDT WED APR 23 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1050 AM 5 W TALLULAH LA WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 MADISON LARGE TREES DOWN ALONG US
80. REPORTED BY MADISON
PARISH S.O.Local storm report, Apr 23, 12:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
1247 PM CDT WED APR 23 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
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1050 AM 5 W TALLULAH LA WIND DAMAGE
04/22/97 MADISON LARGE TREES DOWN ALONG US
80. REPORTED BY MADISON
PARISH S.O.Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 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.