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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 342, NWS Jackson, MS

May 28, 1997Claiborne County, Warren County, Mississippi

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 9:25 PM CDTThunderstorm WindRedwood, MSSeveral 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1997-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1803 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 00:00Z on 1997-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 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
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

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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.
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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, 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 DOWN
Local 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 DOWN
Local 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower43 min
May 28, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds47 min
May 28, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison31 min
May 28, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds47 min
May 28, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Rankin53 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.