Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 404, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1997, 11:54 PM CDT for Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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
- Jul 4, 1997, 11:54 PM CDT (04:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1997, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Winston County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 12:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Noxapater, MS | Several trees were blown down. |
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 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 050455 RRA SVRJAN MSC159-050545- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1154 PM CDT FRI JUL 4 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...WINSTON COUNTY AT 1152 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF NOXAPATER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NOXAPATER BY 1205 AM. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 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, 4 hours 48 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, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 42 min |
| Jul 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.