Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 1997, 6:38 PM CST for Leake 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
- Jan 24, 1997, 6:38 PM CST (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 1997, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Leake County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 7:00 PM CST | Hail 0.88 | Madden, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 800 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 250041 RRA SVRJAN MSC079-250130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 638 PM CST FRI JAN 24 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...LEAKE COUNTY AT 634 PM...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF LENA. THE STORM WASh MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. <
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, Jan 24, 12:43 PM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
1243 PM CST FRI JAN 24 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM 4 SW EDINBURG MS .75 INCH HAIL
01/23/97 LEAKE REPORTED BY PUBLIC
1010 PM RAYVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE
01/23/97 RICHLAND LRG LIMBS DOWN
1040 PM 1 N SONDHEIMER LA 1 INCH HAIL
01/23/97 EAST CARROLL
1045 PM 5 N TALLULAH LA 1 INCH HAIL
01/23/97 MADISON
1110 PM VALLEY PARK MS .75 INCH HAIL
01/23/97 ISSAQUENA REPORTED BY PUBLIC
1115 PM EAGLE BEND MS WIND DAMAGE
01/23/97 WARREN TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES...
HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE ALSO...
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
1130 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
01/23/97 YAZOO TREES DOWN AT SEVERAL
LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY
1145 PM 4 W CANTON MS WIND DAMAGE
01/23/97 MADISON NUMEROUS LRG LIMBS
DOWN...ALSO TREE DOWN NEAR
LORING
1230 AM 2 S SALLIS MS WIND DAMAGE
01/24/97 ATTALA TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD
REPORTED BY PUBLICLocal storm report, Jan 24, 12:47 PM CST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
1243 PM CST FRI JAN 24 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM 4 SW EDINBURG MS .75 INCH HAIL
01/23/97 LEAKE REPORTED BY PUBLIC
1010 PM RAYVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE
01/23/97 RICHLAND LRG LIMBS DOWN
1040 PM 1 N SONDHEIMER LA 1 INCH HAIL
01/23/97 EAST CARROLL
1045 PM 5 N TALLULAH LA 1 INCH HAIL
01/23/97 MADISON
1110 PM VALLEY PARK MS .75 INCH HAIL
01/23/97 ISSAQUENA REPORTED BY PUBLIC
1115 PM EAGLE BEND MS WIND DAMAGE
01/23/97 WARREN TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES...
HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE ALSO...
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
1130 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
01/23/97 YAZOO TREES DOWN AT SEVERAL
LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY
1145 PM 4 W CANTON MS WIND DAMAGE
01/23/97 MADISON NUMEROUS LRG LIMBS
DOWN...ALSO TREE DOWN NEAR
LORING
12 30 AM 2 S SALLIS MS WIND DAMAGE
01/24/97 ATTALA TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD
REPORTED BY PUBLICThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 7:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 51 min |
| Jan 24, 8:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 41 min |
| Jan 24, 8:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 44 min |
| Jan 24, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 54 min |
| Jan 24, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 38 min |
| Jan 24, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 50 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.