Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 332, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1997, 3:52 PM CDT for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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 28, 1997, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1997, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Forrest County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 4:00 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Hattiesburg, MS | Numerous cars and roofs were damaged. |
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 28, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 570 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
203 WUUS1 KJAN 282055 RRA SVRJAN MSC035-282130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 352 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL FORREST COUNTY AT 352 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HATTIESBURG. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. < 68
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 28, 10:10 AM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-290400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1010 AM CDT WED MAY 28 1997 THE AIR MASS REMAINS HUMID AND UNSTABLE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS A COLD FRONT LINGERS TO THE WEST. SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUDS WILL ALLOW AFTERNOON HEATING AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES EXIST FROM EARLIER CONVECTION AND THESE MAY SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG...POSSIBLY SEVERE...THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEATHER DISTURBANCE OVER OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS THIS MORNING WILL TRACK TO THE EAST DURING THE DAY AND INCREASE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NECESSARY LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, May 28, 10:31 AM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-290400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1010 AM CDT WED MAY 28 1997 THE AIR MASS REMAINS HUMID AND UNSTABLE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS A COLD FRONT LINGERS TO THE WEST. SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUDS WILL ALLOW AFTERNOON HEATING AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES EXIST FROM EARLIER CONVECTION AND THESE MAY SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG...POSSIBLY SEVERE...THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEATHER DISTURBANCE OVER OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS THIS MORNING WILL TRACK TO THE EAST DURING THE DAY AND INCREASE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NECESSARY LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
Local storm report, May 28, 3:49 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
349 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0755 PM METCALF MS WIND DAMAGE
05/27/97 WASHINGTON TRAILER DESTROYED...TREES
DOWN
0845 PM RAYVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE
05/27/97 RICHLAND TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0845 PM YAZOO CITY MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/97 YAZOO TREES DOWN
0945 PM POLKVILLE MS .88 INCH HAIL
05/27/97 SMITH TREES DOWN
1025 PM PELAHATCHIE MS 1 INCH HAIL
05/27/97 RANKIN PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
1115 PM TERRY MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/97 HINDS TREES DOWN
1200 AM HARPERVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
05/28/97 SCOTT TREES DOWNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 45 min |
| May 27, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 68 min |
| May 27, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 50 min |
| May 27, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 49 min |
| May 27, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 32 min |
| May 27, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin, Scott | 49 min |
| May 27, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 49 min |
| May 27, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 54 min |
| May 27, 9:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 61 min |
| May 27, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 61 min |
| May 27, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington | 55 min |
| May 27, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 49 min |
| May 27, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 45 min |
| May 27, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 42 min |
| May 27, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 57 min |
| May 27, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 40 min |
| May 27, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 63 min |
| May 27, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 44 min |
| May 27, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 67 min |
| May 27, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 62 min |
| May 27, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 34 min |
| May 27, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 45 min |
| May 27, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 29 min |
| May 27, 11:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 49 min |
| May 27, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 43 min |
| May 27, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 55 min |
| May 27, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 55 min |
| May 28, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 41 min |
| May 28, 12:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 37 min |
| May 28, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 50 min |
| May 28, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 47 min |
| May 28, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 65 min |
| May 28, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 44 min |
| May 28, 12:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 37 min |
| May 28, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 55 min |
| May 28, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 37 min |
| May 28, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 50 min |
| May 28, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 41 min |
| May 28, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 47 min |
| May 28, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 47 min |
| May 28, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 46 min |
| May 28, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 52 min |
| May 28, 6:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.