Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 373, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1997, 2:47 PM CDT for Covington County, Smith 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 23, 1997, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1997, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Covington County, MS, Smith County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 3:03 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Mt Olive, MS | Several 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 4 hours 47 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, 4 hours 45 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, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 49 min |
| 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, 2:58 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
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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.