Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 387, NWS Jackson, MS

June 28, 1997Neshoba County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1997, 10:02 PM CDT for Neshoba 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 28, 1997, 10:02 PM CDT (03:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1997, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Neshoba County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 10:05 PM CDTThunderstorm WindPhiladelphia, MSThree sections of roof were blown off a motel. One vehicle was damaged by roof parts.

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 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 1997-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2130 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 1997-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
2130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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.

113 
WUUS1 KJAN 290304 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC099-290345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1002 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NESHOBA COUNTY
 
AT 1000 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PHILADELPHIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORM WILL TRACK ALONG
HIGHWAY 21 OVER NORTHEAST NESOHBA COUNTY.
 
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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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

Local storm report, Jun 28, 6:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
625 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0540 PM    1 N CLEVELAND             MS   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   BOLIVAR                        FEW TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
                                          COUNTY. REPORTED BY THE
                                          BOLIVAR COUNTY S.O.

0549 PM    WEST CROSSETT             AR   .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   ASHLEY                         REPORTED BY THE ASHLEY
                                          COUNTY S.O.
Local storm report, Jun 28, 6:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
625 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0540 PM    1 N CLEVELAND             MS   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   BOLIVAR                        FEW TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
                                          COUNTY. REPORTED BY THE
                                          BOLIVAR COUNTY S.O.@

0549 PM    WEST CROSSETT             AR   .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   ASHLEY                         REPORTED BY THE ASHLEY
                                          COUNTY S.O.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMontgomery2 hr
Jun 28, 8:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLauderdale2 hr
Jun 28, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton48 min
Jun 29, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott48 min
Jun 29, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton55 min
Jun 29, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee59 min
Jun 29, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones48 min
Jun 29, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.