Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 288, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1997, 3:38 PM CDT for Copiah County, Lawrence County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 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 23, 1997, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1997, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Copiah County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Simpson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
988 WUUS1 KJAN 232039 RRA SVRJAN MSC029-127-077-232130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 338 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SOUTHERN COPIAH COUNTY...SOUTHERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 335 PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN LAWRENCE COUTNY NEAR OMA MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH AND WILL FOLLOW THE PEARL RIVER INTO SOUTHEAST COPIAH AND SOUTHWEST SIMPSON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. ONE INCH HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 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. <
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
Special weather statement, May 23, 9:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-240400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 1997 A STATIONARY FRONT ALONG THE GULF COAST IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING SLOWLY NORTH LATER THIS MORNING AS A WARM FRONT...THIS COUPLED WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE MASS OVER THE REGION WILL ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINdFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH TONIGHT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, May 23, 10:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-240400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 1997 A STATIONARY FRONT ALONG THE GULF COAST IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING SLOWLY NORTH LATER THIS MORNING AS A WARM FRONT...THIS COUPLED WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE MASS OVER THE REGION WILL ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH TONIGHT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 35 min |
| May 23, 5:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds | 3 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.