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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 337, NWS Jackson, MS

May 28, 1997Copiah County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1997, 5:23 PM CDT for Copiah 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 28, 1997, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1997, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Copiah County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1997-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-262 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1091 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

904 
WUUS1 KJAN 282226 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC029-282315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
523 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...COPIAH COUNTY
 
AT 522 PM...JACKSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAZELHURST. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING EAST AT 5 MPH.
 
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.
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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

Local storm report, May 28, 3:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 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 DOWN
Local storm report, May 28, 3:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 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 DDOWN

1200 AM    HARPERVILLE               MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/28/97   SCOTT                          TREES DOWN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington45 min
May 27, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar68 min
May 27, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo50 min
May 27, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington49 min
May 27, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll32 min
May 27, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison, Rankin, Scott49 min
May 27, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake49 min
May 27, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton54 min
May 27, 9:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANRankin, Scott61 min
May 27, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott61 min
May 27, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sunflower, Washington55 min
May 27, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith49 min
May 27, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren45 min
May 27, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Jefferson42 min
May 27, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds57 min
May 27, 10:20 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNewton40 min
May 27, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo63 min
May 27, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah44 min
May 27, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Rankin67 min
May 27, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes62 min
May 27, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds34 min
May 27, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton45 min
May 27, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison29 min
May 27, 11:11 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin49 min
May 27, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson43 min
May 27, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott55 min
May 27, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith55 min
May 28, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis41 min
May 28, 12:08 AM CDTTornado WarningJANScott37 min
May 28, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington50 min
May 28, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper47 min
May 28, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion65 min
May 28, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha44 min
May 28, 12:53 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper37 min
May 28, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones55 min
May 28, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke37 min
May 28, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin50 min
May 28, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest41 min
May 28, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest38 min
May 28, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones47 min
May 28, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin47 min
May 28, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln46 min
May 28, 6:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANWashington3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.