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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Jackson, MS

January 23, 1997Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 23, 1997, 11:14 PM CST for Yazoo 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
Jan 23, 1997, 11:14 PM CST (05:14 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 1997, 12:00 AM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Yazoo County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 23, 11:30 PM CSTThunderstorm WindYazoo City, MS

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 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 00:00Z on 1997-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 249 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1997-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
249 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 240517 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC163-240600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1114 PM CST THU JAN 23 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...YAZOO COUNTY
 
AT 1113 PM CST DOPLER RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LOUISE TO REDWOOD MOVING EAST NEAR 50 MPH. THIS
LINE WILL BE ENTERING WESTERN YAZOO COUNTY BY 1125 PM AND AFFECTING
HOLLY BLUFF BY 1135 PM. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS LINE AS IT
MOVES THROUGH YAZOO COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 10:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena39 min
Jan 23, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren40 min
Jan 23, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey40 min
Jan 23, 11:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison47 min
Jan 24, 12:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake47 min
Jan 24, 4:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis39 min
Jan 24, 4:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones31 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.