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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 357, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1997, 2:02 PM CDT for Marion 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
- Jun 19, 1997, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1997, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Sandy Hook, MS |
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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 1951 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 191904 RRA SVRJAN MSC091-191945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 202 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...MARION COUNTY AT 203 PM CDT JACKSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF COLUMBIA DRIFTING NORTH AROUND 10 MPH. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AS WELL AS TORRENTIAL RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES... AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. 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. <
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, Jun 19, 10:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-200400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1010 AM CDT THU JUN 19 1997 THE AIRMASS OVER MISSISSIPPI IS GENERALLY STABLE...WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE. AFTERNOON HEATING WILL HELP TO DESTABLIZE THE AIRMASS SLIGHTLY. THIS COULD PRODUCE SOME WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...BUT CONDITIONS WILL NOT SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...HAM RADIO OPERATORS ...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 29 min |
| Jun 19, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 45 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.