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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 361, NWS Jackson, MS

June 19, 1997Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1997, 6:43 PM CDT for Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 19, 1997, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1997, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Chicot County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 1997-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2183 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 1997-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 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.

167 
WUUS1 KJAN 192345 RRA
SVRJAN
ARC017-200030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
643 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CHICOT COUNTY
 
AT 645 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF DEWEY
MOVING LITTLE. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL BETWEEN DEWEY AND DERMOTT BY 7 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.  DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
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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.