Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 277, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1997, 12:29 AM CDT for Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1997, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1997, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tensas Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
194 WUUS1 KJAN 150533 RRA SVRJAN LAC107-150615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1229 AM CDT THU MAY 15 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...TENSAS PARISH AT 1228 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF WINNSBORO MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR NEWLIGHT BY 1 AM. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. < 64
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 14, 8:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
826 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM LEXINGTON MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/14/97 HOLMES REPORTED BY HOLMES CO S.O.
0500 PM EUPORA MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/14/97 WEBSTER DIME SIZE HAIL FELL AT
SHERIFF OFFICE.
0535 PM 10 E LEXINGTON MS TORNADO
05/14/97 HOLMES SHOT ON VIDEO CAMERA BY
HOLMES CO S.O. THE TORNADO
WAS CROSSING INTERSTATE
55.
0540 PM MCADAMS MS TORNADO
05/14/97 ATTALA WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF A
SCHOOL. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TO BULIDINGS WITH ROOFS
TORN OFF. LARGE TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN.
0540 PM MCADAMS MS 1 INCH HAIL
05/14/97 ATTALA REPORTED BY ATTALA C.D.
0552 PM CARTHAGE MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/14/97 LEAKE REPORTED BY LEAKE CO C.D.
0555 PM CARTHAGE MS WIND DAMAGE
05/14/97 LEAKE TREES BLOWN DOWN ON
ROBINSON ROAD.
0620 PM SINGLETON MS WIND DAMAGE
05/14/97 LEAKE TREES BLOWN DOWN.
0620 PM MARYDALL MS WIND DAMAGE
05/14/97 LEAKE TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
BY WEBSTER C.D.Local storm report, May 14, 8:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
826 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM LEXINGTON MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/14/97 HOLMES REPORTED BY HOLMES CO S.O.
0500 PM EUPORA MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/14/97 WEBSTER DIME SIZE HAIL FELL AT
SHERIFF OFFICE.
0535 PM 10 E LEXINGTON MS TORNADO
05/14/97 HOLMES SHOT ON VIDEO CAMERA BY
HOLMES CO S.O. THE TORNADO
WAS CROSSING INTERSTATE
55.
0540 PM MCADAMS MS TORNADO
05/14/97 ATTALA WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF A
SCHOOL. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TO BULIDINGS WITH ROOFS
TORN OFF. LARGE TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN.
0540 PM MCADAMS MS 1 INCH HAIL
05/14/97 ATTALA REPORTED BY ATTALA C.D.
0552 PM CARTHAGE MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/14/97 LEAKE REPORTED BY LEAKE CO C.D.
0555 PM CARTHAGE MS WIND DAMAGE
05/14/97 LEAKE TREES BLOWN DOWN ON
ROBINSON ROAD.
0620 PM SINGLETON MS WIND DAMAGE
05/14/97 LEAKE @ TREES BLOWN DOWN.
0620 PM MARYDALL MS WIND DAMAGE
05/14/97 LEAKE TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
BY WEBSTER C.D.Local storm report, May 14, 8:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
837 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0625 PM WINONA MS 1 INCH HAIL
05/14/97 MONTGOMERY ALSO DIME SIZE HAIL.
REPORTED BY MONTGOMERY
S.O.Local storm report, May 14, 8:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
837 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
Z0625 PM WINONA MS 1 INCH HAIL
05/14/97 MONTGOMERY ALSO DIME SIZE HAIL.
REPORTED BY MONTGOMERY
S.O.Special weather statement, May 14, 10:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
AR074-075-LA007>00-015-016-023-024-025-026-MS-018>022-025>067- 072>075 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1015 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 280 HAS EXPIRED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE COLD FRONT WAS POSITIONED FROM A TUPELO TO MONROE, LOUISIANA. ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THE INTENSITY OF THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.
Special weather statement, May 14, 10:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
AR074-075-LA007>00-015-016-023-024-025-026-MS-018>022-025>067- 072>075 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1015 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 280 HAS EXPIRED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE COLD FRONT WAS POSITIONED FROM A TUPELO TO MONROE, LOUISIANA. ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THE INTENSITY OF THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.