Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 441, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1997, 3:25 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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 15, 1997, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1997, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Vaughn, MS |
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, 8.4 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
- 670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 152025 RRA SVRJAN MSC085-152100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 325 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 324 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF BROOKHAVEN...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD AT 10 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE NEAR THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLNIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS DON'T DRIVE INTO WATER CROSSINGS. < 65
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 15, 9:58 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066- 072>074-160400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT MON JUL 14 1997 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE LOWER 90S. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. NO SEVERET WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AND THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS... HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 10:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066- 072>074-160400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTION FOR DATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 1997 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE LOWER 90S. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AND THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS... HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 10:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066- 072>074-160400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTION FOR DATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 1997 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE LOWER 90S. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND ST^RONG GUSTY WIND. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AND THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS... HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 49 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.