Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 397, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1997, 9:05 PM CDT for Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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
- Jul 4, 1997, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1997, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Issaquena County, MS, Sharkey County, MS
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 2606 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 050206 RRA SVRJAN MSC053-055-125-050245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 905 PM CDT FRI JUL 4 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...HUMPHREYS COUNTY...ISSAQUENA COUNTY...SHARKEY COUNTY AT 902 PM...JACKSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM HOLLANDALE TO MAYERSVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS OF 65-75 MPH WERE REPORTED BY THE HOLLANDALE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL REACH A BELZONI...TO ROLLING FORK...TO FITLER L0INE BY 920 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. < 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
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
MSZ037-032-039-033-029-038-050115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 706 PM CDT FRI JUL 4 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 565 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED... DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN ON THE DECREASE. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTO WATCH FOR WEBSTER...CHOCTAW...OKTIBBEHA...ATTALA...WINSTON...AND NOXUBEE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren, Yazoo | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 33 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.