Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 388, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1997, 10:27 PM CDT for Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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 28, 1997, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1997, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newton County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
251 WUUS1 KJAN 290328 RRA SVRJAN MSC101-290415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1027 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NEWTON COUNTY AT 1025 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF NEWTON COUNTY...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. THE STORM WILL PASS NEAR NEWTON BY 1100 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 HOME OR BUSINESS. < 64
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, 4 hours 2 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 59 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, 10:04 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
1004 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0900 PM TOOMSUBA MS WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 LAUDERDALE *** 1 INJ ***
TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS ROAD. INJURY
OCCURRED WHEN CAR HIT
TREE. TIME OF DAMAGE
UNCERTAIN. REPORTED BY
LAUDERDALE EOC.
0900 PM TOOMSUBA MS FLOODING
06/28/97 LAUDERDALE ROADS UNDER WATER BETWEEN
TOOMSUBA AND THE TOWN OF
LAUDERDALE. REPORTED BY
LAUDERDALE EOC.
0940 PM DUCK HILL MS FLOODING
06/28/97 MONTGOMERY WATER SIX INCHES DEEP ON
U.S. 51 SOUTH OF DUCK
HILL. REPORTED BY
MONTGOMERY COUNTY S.O.Local storm report, Jun 28, 10:07 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
1004 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0900 PM TOOMSUBA MS WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 LAUDERDALE *** 1 INJ ***
TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS ROAD. INJURY
OCCURRED WHEN CAR HIT
TREE. TIME OF DAMAGE
UNCERTAIN. REPORTED BY
LAUDERDALE EOC.
0900 PM TOOMSUBA MS FLOODING
06/28/97 LAUDERDALE ROADS UNDER WATER BETWEEN
TOOMSUBA AND THE TOWN OF
LAUDERDALE. REPORTED BY
LAUDERDALE EOC.
0940 PM DUCK HILL MS FLOODING
06/28/97 MONTGOMERY WATER SIX INCHES DEEP ON
U.S. 51 SOUTH OF DUCK
~ HILL. REPORTED BY
MONTGOMERY 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, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.