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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Jackson, MS

June 28, 1997Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1997, 5:29 PM CDT for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 46 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 28, 1997, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1997, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Ashley County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 5:49 PM CDTHail 0.88Crossett, AR

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 1997-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1232 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 1997-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
1232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
950 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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 282230 RRA
SVRJAN
ARC003-282315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
529 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...ASHLEY COUNTY
 
AT 527 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF
CROSSETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PASS
ACROSS NORTH CROSSETT BY 550 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.