Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 279, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1997, 2:27 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 63 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 15, 1997, 2:27 AM CDT (07:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1997, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:35 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Lorman, 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 8:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 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, 5 hours 50 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, 5 hours 43 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, 4 hours 12 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, 4 hours 9 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 53 min |
| May 15, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson, Lincoln | 60 min |
| May 15, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 46 min |
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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.