Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1997, 2:39 PM CDT for Claiborne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 23, 1997, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1997, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Claiborne County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 45 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 44 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 44 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 29 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 52 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 51 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.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 39 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.