Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS Jackson, MS

May 14, 1997Holmes County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1997, 5:23 PM CDT for Holmes County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 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 14, 1997, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 1997, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Holmes County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 14, 5:35 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Lexington, MS	This tornado was filmed as it crossed Interstate 55. No damage occurred with this tornado.

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 14, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 142226 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC051-163-142315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
523 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN HOLMES COUNTY...YAZOO COUNTY
 
AT 521 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ONE STORM
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF HOLLY BLUFF AND A SECOND STORM JUST
NORTHWEST OF EDEN. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH
AND COULD AFFECT YAZOO CITY...BENTON AND EBENEZER AREAS BY 600 PM.
 
PEOPLE NEAR THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS DON'T DRIVE INTO WATER CROSSINGS.
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore	49 min
May 14, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower	38 min
May 14, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll	52 min
May 14, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes	50 min
May 14, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Webster	41 min
May 14, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	31 min
May 14, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	48 min
May 14, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala	45 min
May 14, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	54 min
May 14, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba	46 min
May 14, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	39 min
May 14, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	34 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.