Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 257, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1997, 4:52 AM CDT for Lamar County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 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 3, 1997, 4:52 AM CDT (09:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1997, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lamar County, MS, Marion County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 5:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Sumrall, MS | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
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 3, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 2040 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 030955 RRA SVRJAN MSC091-073-031045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 452 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...MARION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...LAMAR COUNTY AT 451 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED INTENSIFYING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN MORGANTOWN...COLUMBIA...AND SANDY HOOK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MARION COUNTY AND INTO LAMAR COUNTY BY 510 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
Local storm report, May 3, 1:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
117 AM CDT SAT MAY 03 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0445 PM LAKE PROVIDENCE LA .88 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 EAST CARROLL REPORTED BY KTVE TV.
0720 PM KILMICHEAL MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 MONTGOMERY REPORTED BY MONTGOMERY CO
S.O.
0753 PM VAIDEN MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97 CARROLL REPORTED BY CARROLL S.O.
1215 AM JACKSON MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/03/97 HINDS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.Local storm report, May 3, 2:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
222 AM CDT SAT MAY 03 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0355 PM GREENWOOD MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 LEFLORE TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
BY GREENWODD C.D.
0410 PM 3 W GREENWOOD MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 LEFLORE CONSTRUCTION TRAILER AND
STORAGE SHED BLOWN OVER.
0445 PM LAKE PROVIDENCE LA WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 EAST CARROLL ONE BUILDING DESTROYED. A
BARN DESTROYED. TREES DOWN
ACROSS US 65. TREE LIMBS
AND SIGNS DOWN CITYWIDE.
REPORTED BY KTVE TV.
0850 PM VAIDEN MS TORNADO
05/02/97 CARROLL UNCONFIRMED TORNADO
REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.
0905 PM DUCK HILL MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 MONTGOMERY TREES DWON ACROSS HOMES
AND CARS. REPORTED BY
MONTGOMERY S.O.
0910 PM POPLAR CREEK MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 MONTGOMERY TREES BLOWN DOWN. POSSIBLE
TORNADO TOUCHDOWN.
REPORTED BY MONTGOMERY
S.O.
0925 PM SCHLATER MS TORNADO
05/02/97 LEFLORE UNCONFIRMED TORNADO
REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.
0130 AM FLORA MS 1 INCH HAIL
05/03/97 MADISON REPORTED BY MADISON CO
S.O.
0140 AM BOLTON MS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/03/97 HINDS REPORTED BY HINDS EOC.Local storm report, May 3, 2:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
222 AM CDT SAT MAY 03 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0355 PM GREENWOOD MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 LEFLORE TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
BY GREENWODD C.D.
0410 PM 3 W GREENWOOD MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 LEFLORE CONSTRUCTION TRAILER AND
STORAGE SHED BLOWN OVER.
0445 PM LAKE PROVIDENCE LA WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 EAST CARROLL ONE BUILDING DESTROYED. A
BARN DESTROYED. TREES DOWN
ACROSS US 65. TREE LIMBS
AND SIGNS DOWN CITYWIDE.
REPORTED BY KTVE TV.
0850 PM VAIDEN MS TORNADO
05/02/97 CARROLL UNCONFIRMED TORNADO
REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.
0905 PM DUCK HILL MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 MONTGOMERY TREES DWON ACROSS HOMES
AND CARS. REPORTED BY
MONTGOMERY S.O.
0910 PM POPLAR CREEK MS WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97 MONTGOMERY TREES BLOWN DOWN. POSSIBLE
TORNADO TOUCHDOWN.
REPORTED BY MONTGOMERY
S.O.
0925 PM SCHLATER MS TORNADO
05/02/97 LEFLORE UNCONFIRMED TORNADO
REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC.
0130 AM FLORA MS 1 INCH HAIL
05/03/97 MADISON REPORTED BY MADISON CO
S.O.
0140 AM BOLTON MS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/03/97 HINDS REPORTED BY HINDS EOC.Special weather statement, May 3, 2:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-030845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 248 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 240 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... MOREHOUSE... WEST CARROLL... EAST CARROLL... RICHLAND... MADISON... AND FRANKLIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 240 REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 400 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... TENSAS... CATAHOULA... CONCORDIA. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 241 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI... BOLIVAR... CARROLL... GRENADA... LEFLORE... MONTGOMERY... SUNFLOWER... WASHINGTON... WEBSTER... HOLMES... HUMPHREYS... ISSAQUENA... SHARKEY... WARREN... AND YAZOO. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 241 REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES... CHOCTAW... OKTIBBEHA... ATTALA... CLAIBORNE... CLARKE... COPIAH... HINDS... JASPER... JEFFERSON... KEMPER... LAUDERDALE... LEAKE... MADISON... NESHOBA... NEWTON... NOXUBEE... RANKIN... SCOTT... SIMPSON... SMITH... WINSTON... ADAMS... COVINGTON... FORREST... FRANKLIN... JEFFERSON DAVIS... JONES... LAMAR... LAWRENCE... LINCOLN... AND MARION... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI AT 3 AM. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE PREFRONTAL THUNDERSTORMS PUSH EAST OF THE AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 3, 3:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-030845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 248 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 240 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... MOREHOUSE... WEST CARROLL... EAST CARROLL... RICHLAND... MADISON... AND FRANKLIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 240 REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 400 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... TENSAS... CATAHOULA... CONCORDIA. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 241 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI... BOLIVAR... CARROLL... GRENADA... LEFLORE... MONTGOMERY... SUNFLOWER... WASHINGTON... WEBSTER... HOLMES... HUMPHREYS... ISSAQUENA... SHARKEY... WARREN... AND YAZOO. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 241 REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES... CHOCTAW... OKTIBBEHA... ATTALA... CLAIBORNE... CLARKE... COPIAH... HINDS... JASPER... JEFFERSON... KEMPER... LAUDERDALE... LEAKE... MADISON... NESHOBA... NEWTON... NOXUBEE... RANKIN... SCOTT... SIMPSON... SMITH... WINSTON... ADAMS... COVINGTON... FORREST... FRANKLIN... JEFFERSON DAVIS... JONES... LAMAR... LAWRENCE... LINCOLN... AND MARION... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI AT 3 AM. THE THREAT OF SEVERE ^THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE PREFRONTAL THUNDERSTORMS PUSH EAST OF THE AREA. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 3, 4:00 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-031100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 400 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 240 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 241 IS NO LONGER IN MISSISSIPPI ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A BROOKHAVEN TO RALEIGH TO DE KALB LINE. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 241 REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES... LAUDERDALE...SMITH...JASPER...CLARKE...LAWRENCE...JEFFERSON DAVIS... JONES...MARION...LAMAR...AND FORREST. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. BEHIND THE FRONT...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE IN THE ABOVE OUTLINED COUNTIES STILL IN TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 241 UNTIL AROUND 5 OR 530 AM.
The 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, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 40 min |
| 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, 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.