Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 389, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1997, 2:27 PM CDT for Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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 29, 1997, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1997, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Scott County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest, MS | Several trees were blown down along Interstate 20. |
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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 823 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
895 WUUS1 KJAN 291929 RRA SVRJAN MSC123-292015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 227 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SCOTT COUNTY AT 220 PM CDT...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF FORREST. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. PEOPLE NEAR THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DONT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS DONT DRIVE INTO WATER CROSSINGS. <
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
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-300400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1015 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 1997 AFTERNOON HEATING AND WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH ENERGY TODAY TO INDUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. WITH ABUNDAST LOWER- AND MID-LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER CHICOT AND ASHLEY COUNTIES OF ARKANSAS AND THE NORTHEN COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE CRITERIA...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING DOWNBURST WINDS..SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. IN THE HEAVIER RAINS...LOCAL PONDING OF WATER AND LOW-AREA FLOODING COULD DEVELOP. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY OR TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-300400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1015 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 1997 AFTERNOON HEATING AND WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH ENERGY TODAY TO INDUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. WITH ABUNDAST LOWER- AND MID-LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER CHICOT AND ASHLEY COUNTIES OF ARKANSAS AND THE NORTHEN COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE CRITERIA...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING DOWNBURST WINDS..SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. IN THE HEAVIER RAINS...LOCAL PONDING OR WATER AND LOW-AREA FLOODING COULD DEVELOP. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY OR TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-300400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1015 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 1997 AFTERNOON HEATING AND WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH ENERGY TODAY TO INDUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. WITH ABUNDAST LOWER- AND MID-LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER CHICOT AND ASHLEY COUNTIES OF ARKANSAS AND THE NORTHEN COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE CRITERIA...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING DOWNBURST WINDS..SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. IN THE HEAVIER RAINS...LOCAL PONDING OF WATER AND LOW-AREA FLOODING COULD DEVELOP. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NECESSARY TODA6Y OR TONIGHT.
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 28, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 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.