Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Jackson, MS

January 27, 1997Chicot County, Arkansas; West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1997, 5:38 PM CST for Chicot County, Arkansas; West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 52 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
Jan 27, 1997, 5:38 PM CST (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 1997, 6:30 PM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chicot County, AR, West Carroll Parish, LA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 27, 2:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jan 27, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 12:00Z on 1997-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1997-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 406 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
481 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.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 272338 RRA
SVRJAN
ARC017-LAC123-280030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
538 PM CST MON JAN 27 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...CHICOT COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN WEST CARROLL PARISH
 
AT 536 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF OAK
GROVE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOTION WILL TAKE THE
STORM SOUTH OF EUDORA BY 550 PM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND XVERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 4:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison26 min
Jan 27, 4:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll28 min
Jan 27, 4:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse40 min
Jan 27, 5:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 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.