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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Jackson, MS

May 27, 1997Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1997, 6:03 AM CDT for Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 42 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, 6:03 AM CDT (11:03 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1997, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Chicot County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 6:15 AM CDTHail 0.75Lake Vlg, AR

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 2:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1997-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3427 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1997-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3427 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

751 
WUUS1 KJAN 271105 RRA
SVRJAN
ARC017-271145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
603 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...CHICOT COUNTY
 
AT 600 AM DOPPLAR RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ONE ABOUT
EIGHT MILES WEST OF LAKE VILLAGE AND THE OTHER EIGHT MILES WEST OF
EUDORA. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. POWER LINES
WERE DOWN AT CROSSET AT ABOUT 545 WITH THESE STORMS.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN
CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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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, 4 hours 9 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, 4 hours 3 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 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.