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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Jackson, MS

January 24, 1997Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 1997, 9:40 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 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
Jan 24, 1997, 9:40 PM CST (03:40 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 1997, 10:30 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lauderdale County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 24, 9:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 1997-01-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 800 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 1997-01-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
800 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

568 
WUUS1 KJAN 250341 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC075-250430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
940 PM CST FRI JAN 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY
 
AT 938 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
LAUDERDALE TO MERIDIAN TO CHUNKY MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS
MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 6:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake52 min
Jan 24, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba51 min
Jan 24, 8:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper41 min
Jan 24, 8:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin44 min
Jan 24, 8:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott54 min
Jan 24, 9:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.