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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 377, NWS Jackson, MS

June 23, 1997Humphreys County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1997, 7:05 PM CDT for Humphreys County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1997, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Humphreys County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 1997-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1553 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 1997-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
1553 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 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.

053 
WUUS1 KJAN 240005 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC053-240045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
705 PM CDT MON JUN 23 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HUMPHREYS COUNTY
 
AT 703 PM...JACKSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SILVER CITY. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTHWEST
AT 10-15 MPH. THE COMMUNITY OF SILVER CITY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
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.
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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.