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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Jackson, MS

January 27, 1997Morehouse Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1997, 4:35 PM CST for Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports 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
Jan 27, 1997, 4:35 PM CST (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 1997, 5:15 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Morehouse Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 27, 4:50 PM CSTThunderstorm WindLog Cabin, LA
Jan 27, 5:00 PM CSTThunderstorm WindBeekman, LA

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 27, 2:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 1997-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 406 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
481 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.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 272235 RRA
SVRJAN
LAC067-272315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
435 PM CST MON JAN 27 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...MOREHOUSE PARISH
 
AT 434 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BASTROP MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL PASS
BETWEEN BEEKMAN AND BONITA BY 500 PM.
 
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 XHOME OR BUSINESS.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 4:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison26 min
Jan 27, 4:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll28 min
Jan 27, 5:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse36 min
Jan 27, 5:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWest Carroll52 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.