Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 402, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1997, 11:17 PM CDT for Attala County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 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, 11:17 PM CDT (04:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1997, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Attala County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 050418 RRA SVRJAN MSC007-050445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1117 PM CDT FRI JUL 4 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...EASTERN ATTALA COUNTY AT 1117 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER KOSCIUSKO AS SEVERAL STORMS WERE MERGING AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT HIGHWAYS 19 AND 14 IN THE EAST PART OF THE 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. <
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, 4 hours 11 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 | Issaquena, Sharkey | 40 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, 11:33 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
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.