Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 371, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1997, 1:11 PM CDT for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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 23, 1997, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1997, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clarke County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 2025 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1030 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 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 231811 RRA SVRJAN MSC023-231900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 111 PM CDT MON JUN 23 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...CLARKE COUNTY AT 110 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHUBUTA MOVING SOUTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 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. < 68
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 23, 10:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-240400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT MON JUN 23 1997 ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ACTIVITY BEING A LITTLE MORE NUMEROUS IN THE SOUTHEAST. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...BUT A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...HAM RADIO OPERATORS ...AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 10:02 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-240400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT MON JUN 23 1997 ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ACTIVITY BEING A LITTLE MORE NUMEROUS IN THE SOUTHEAST. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...BUT A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. ACTIVATION OF EMvERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...HAM RADIO OPERATORS ...AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 54 min |
| Jun 23, 2:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 40 min |
| Jun 23, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.