Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 292, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1997, 5:49 AM CDT for Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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 27, 1997, 5:49 AM CDT (10:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1997, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sunflower County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:55 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ruleville, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 4008 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
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
Special weather statement, May 27, 1:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
MSZ026>029-032-033-270900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 154 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 331... CARROLL... CHOCTAW... GRENADA... MONTGOMERY... OKTIBBEHA... WEBSTER.. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS SHIFTED TO THE EAST OF THE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.
Special weather statement, May 27, 2:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
MSZ026>029-032-033-270900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 154 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 331... CARROLL... CHOCTAW... GRENADA... MONTGOMERY... OKTIBBEHA... WEBSTER.. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS SHIFTED TO THE EAST OF THE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE AREA EARLY( THIS MORNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 58 min |
| May 27, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 69 min |
| May 27, 6:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 43 min |
| May 27, 6:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 49 min |
| May 27, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 53 min |
| May 27, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 48 min |
| May 27, 5:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 62 min |
| May 27, 6:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 42 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.