Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 387, NWS Jackson, MS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 10:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Philadelphia, MS | Three 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.
- 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
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. < 75
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 45 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.