Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 342, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1997, 8:47 PM CDT for Claiborne County, Warren County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1997, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Claiborne County, MS, Warren County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 9:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Redwood, MS | Several trees were blown down. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 1803 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
001 WUUS1 KJAN 290150 RRA SVRJAN MSC021-149-290230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 847 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...CLAIBORNE COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY AT 845 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORT GIBSON MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY AND INTO NORTHERN CLAIBORNE COUNTY NEAR THE NATCHEZ TRACE BY 910 PM. 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. <
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, 4 hours 58 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 DOWNLocal storm report, May 28, 3:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 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 DOWNLocal storm report, May 28, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
702 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM 5 E BOGUE CHITTO MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/97 LINCOLN REPORTED BY BROOKHAVEN MHP
0520 PM BROOKHAVEN MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/97 LINCOLN REPORTED BY LINCOLN C.D.
0602 PM 5 S HARRISONBURG LA 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/28/97 CATAHOULA REPORTED IN THE SANDY LAKE
COMMUNITY BY THE PUBLIC.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 43 min |
| May 28, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 47 min |
| May 28, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 31 min |
| May 28, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 47 min |
| May 28, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 53 min |
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.