Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1997, 4:18 AM CDT for Bolivar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 57 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 9, 1997, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1997, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bolivar County, MS
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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 9, 5:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 | Cleveland, MS | Trees and power lines were blown down and windows were blown out of several buildings. |
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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 090920 RRA SVRJAN MSC011-091015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 418 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...BOLIVAR COUNTY AT 415 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN BOLIVAR COUNTY NEAR ROSEDALE AND BEULAH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE ROSEDALE...BEULAH AND CLEVELAND. LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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. < 69
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 5:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 51 min |
| May 9, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 47 min |
| May 9, 5:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 46 min |
| May 9, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 49 min |
| May 9, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 50 min |
| May 9, 7:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 49 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.