Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1997, 9:35 PM CDT for Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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
- May 2, 1997, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1997, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Oktibbeha County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 9:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Starkville, MS | Trees were blown down throughout the city of Starkville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 2009 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.0
- Supercell composite
- 14.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 030237 RRA SVRJAN MSC105-030315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 935 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...OKTIBBEHA COUNTY AT 934 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF STARKVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE NEAR STARKVILLE BY 955 PM. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 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. < 77
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, May 2, 3:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
341 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1158 AM GREENVILLE MS .5 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 WASHINGTON PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL 1
MILE SOUTH OF GREENVILLE
ON HIGHWAY 1
1235 AM RULEVILLE MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 SUNFLOWER DIME SIZE HAIL AT
RULEVILLE CITY HALL
0233 PM VAIDEN MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 CARROLL DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
VAIDEN
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0320 PM TOMNOLEN MS .88 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 WEBSTER REPORTED BY TRUCKER TO
SHERIFF
0325 PM KILMICHAEL MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 MONTGOMERY NUMBER OF TREES BLOWN DOWN
ON HIGHWAYS 413...US 82...
AND HIGHWAY 17
0325 PM EUPORA MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 WEBSTER NUMBER OF TREES DOWN IN
COUNTY... ACROSS US 82 AND
NATCHEZ TRACELocal storm report, May 2, 3:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME AT RULEVILLE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
341 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1158 AM GREENVILLE MS .5 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 WASHINGTON PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL 1
MILE SOUTH OF GREENVILLE
ON HIGHWAY 1
1235 PM RULEVILLE MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 SUNFLOWER DIME SIZE HAIL AT
RULEVILLE CITY HALL
0233 PM VAIDEN MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 CARROLL DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
VAIDEN
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0320 PM TOMNOLEN MS .88 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 WEBSTER REPORTED BY TRUCKER TO
SHERIFF
0325 PM KILMICHAEL MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 MONTGOMERY NUMBER OF TREES BLOWN DOWN
ON HIGHWAYS 413...US 82...
AND HIGHWAY 17
0325 PM EUPORA MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 WEBSTER NUMBER OF TREES DOWN IN
COUNTY... ACROSS US 82 AND
NATCHEZ TRACELocal storm report, May 2, 7:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
734 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0425 PM BASTROP LA TORNADO
05/02/97 MOREHOUSE TORNADO REPORTED ON THE
GROUND 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF
BASTROP BY MOREHOUSE
PARISH SHERIFF... NUMEROUS
TREES DOWN IN PARISH
0440 PM GREENWOOD MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 LEFLORE EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE IN
GREENWOOD TO TREES AND
SOME BUILDINGS
0445 PM GOODWILL LA TORNADO
05/02/97 WEST CARROLL TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 2
NEAR GOODWILL THROUGH OPEN
FIELD
0456 PM DUCK HILL MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 MONTGOMERY NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AT
DUCK HILL REPORTED BY
RADIO STATION
0537 PM BONITA LA WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 MOREHOUSE TREES DOWN IN BONITA WITH
MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY MOREHOUSE PARISH
SHERIFF
0542 PM ROLLING FORK MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 SHARKEY TREES DOWN IN ROLLING FORK
REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
0600 PM ANGUILLA MS 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 SHARKEY QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL IN ANGUILLA
REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
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0600 PM ROLLING FORK MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 SHARKEY NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS
SHARKEY COUNTY
0645 PM BELZONI MS TORNADO
05/02/97 HUMPHREYS MAJOR DAMAGE IN DOWNTOWN
BELZONI FORD DEALERSHIP
WINDOWS BLOWN OUT ROOF OFF
GRAIN COMPLEX DESTROYED
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN
0715 PM WINONA MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 MONTGOMERY DIME SIZE HAIL IN WINONA
0718 PM BELZONI MS 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 HUMPHREYS QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL IN BELZONI WITH
ADDITIONAL WIND DAMAGE TO
SOME BUILDINGSLocal storm report, May 2, 7:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
734 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0425 PM BASTROP LA TORNADO
05/02/97 MOREHOUSE TORNADO REPORTED ON THE
GROUND 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF
BASTROP BY MOREHOUSE
PARISH SHERIFF... NUMEROUS
TREES DOWN IN PARISH
0440 PM GREENWOOD MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 LEFLORE EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE IN
GREENWOOD TO TREES AND
SOME BUILDINGS
0445 PM GOODWILL LA TORNADO
05/02/97 WEST CARROLL TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 2
NEAR GOODWILL THROUGH OPEN
FIELD
0456 PM DUCK HILL MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 MONTGOMERY NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AT
DUCK HILL REPORTED BY
RADIO STATION
0537 PM BONITA LA WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 MOREHOUSE TREES DOWN IN BONITA WITH
MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY MOREHOUSE PARISH
SHERIFF
0542 PM ROLLING FORK MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 SHARKEY TREES DOWN IN ROLLING FORK
REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
0600 PM ANGUILLA MS 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 SHARKEY QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL IN ANGUILLA
REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
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0600 PM ROLLING FORK MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 SHARKEY NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS
SHARKEY COUNTY
0645 PM BELZONI MS TORNADO
05/02/97 HUMPHREYS MAJOR DAMAGE IN DOWNTOWN
BELZONI FORD DEALERSHIP
WINDOWS BLOWN OUT ROOF OFF
GRAIN COMPLEX DESTROYED
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN
0715 PM WINONA MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 MONTGOMERY DIME SIZE HAIL IN WINONA
0718 PM BELZONI MS 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 HUMPHREYS QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
" SIZE HAIL IN BELZONI WITH
ADDITIONAL WIND DAMAGE TO
SOME BUILDINGSLocal storm report, May 2, 9:23 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
923 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0515 PM GRENADA MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 GRENADA ROOF BLOWN OFF AIRPORT
HANGAR AT GRENADA
0620 PM TCHULA MS TORNADO
05/02/97 HOLMES MAJOR DAMAGE TO V.
MARSHALL SCHOOL AND A
CHURCH AND HOUSE OUTSIDE
TCHULA NO INJURIES.
0700 PM TCHULA MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 HOLMES BUILDINGS DAMAGED AND
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
AT TCHULA
0740 PM LELAND MS
05/02/97 WASHINGTON NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL
CLOUDS BY SHERIFF AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
0748 PM ACKERMAN MS
05/02/97 CHOCTAW FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED ON
HIGHWAY 9 2 MILES NORTH OF
ACKERMAN BY AMATEUR RADIO
0748 PM ACKERMAN MS .88 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 CHOCTAW NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
2 MILES NORTH OF ACKERMAN
BY AMATEUR RADIO
0800 PM KILMICHAEL MS 1 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 MONTGOMERY QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
KILMICHAEL BY PUBLIC
0830 PM GREENVILLE MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 WASHINGTON 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED
NEAR GREENVILLE BY
PUBLIC...
0840 PM ACKERMAN MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 CHOCTAW DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
AMATEUR RADIO 3 MILES WEST
OF ACKERMAN.
0915 PM KILMICHAEL MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 MONTGOMERY GOLFBALL AND LARGER SIZE
HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC TO
WONA RADIO IN WINONALocal storm report, May 2, 9:29 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
923 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0515 PM GRENADA MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 GRENADA ROOF BLOWN OFF AIRPORT
HANGAR AT GRENADA
0620 PM TCHULA MS TORNADO
05/02/97 HOLMES MAJOR DAMAGE TO V.
MARSHALL SCHOOL AND A
CHURCH AND HOUSE OUTSIDE
TCHULA NO INJURIES.
0700 PM TCHULA MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 HOLMES BUILDINGS DAMAGED AND
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
AT TCHULA
0740 PM LELAND MS
05/02/97 WASHINGTON NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL
CLOUDS BY SHERIFF AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
0748 PM ACKERMAN MS
05/02/97 CHOCTAW FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED ON
HIGHWAY 9 2 MILES NORTH OF
ACKERMAN BY AMATEUR RADIO
0748 PM ACKERMAN MS .88 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 CHOCTAW NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
2 MILES NORTH OF ACKERMAN
BY AMATEUR RADIO
0800 PM KILMICHAEL MS 1 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 MONTGOMERY QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
KILMICHAEL BY PUBLIC
0830 PM GREENVILLE MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 WASHINGTON 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED
NEAR GREENVILLE BY
PUBLIC...
0840 PM ACKERMAN MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 CHOCTAW DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
AMATEUR RADIO 3 MILES WEST
OF ACKERMAN.
0915 PM KILMICHAEL MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 MONTGOMERY GOLFBALL AND LARGER SIZE
HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC TO
WONA RADIO IN WINONAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 52 min |
| May 2, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 48 min |
| May 2, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 41 min |
| May 2, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 45 min |
| May 2, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 49 min |
| May 2, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 44 min |
| May 2, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 42 min |
| May 2, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 46 min |
| May 2, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 47 min |
| May 2, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 43 min |
| May 2, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 41 min |
| May 2, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 57 min |
| May 2, 8:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| May 2, 8:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha, Webster | 3 hr |
| May 2, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Montgomery | 51 min |
| May 2, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 48 min |
| May 2, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 41 min |
| May 2, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 51 min |
| May 2, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 48 min |
| May 2, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 29 min |
| May 2, 9:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 3 hr |
| May 2, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 49 min |
| May 2, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 41 min |
| May 2, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 54 min |
| May 2, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 46 min |
| May 2, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 52 min |
| May 2, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 48 min |
| May 2, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 51 min |
| May 2, 11:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada, Webster | 3 hr |
| May 2, 11:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 3 hr |
| May 3, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 43 min |
| May 3, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 54 min |
| May 3, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren, Yazoo | 41 min |
| May 3, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 42 min |
| May 3, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 49 min |
| May 3, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 53 min |
| May 3, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 50 min |
| May 3, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 53 min |
| May 3, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 63 min |
| May 3, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 44 min |
| May 3, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 42 min |
| May 3, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 53 min |
| May 3, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.