Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 461, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 1997, 4:07 PM CDT for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 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
- Aug 31, 1997, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 1997, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Holmes County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
194 WUUS1 KJAN 312110 RRA SVRJAN MSC051-312200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 407 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...HOLMES COUNTY AT 405 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN TCHULA AND THORTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. IT WILL AFFECT THE SURROUNDING RURAL AREAS AND COUNTY ROADS. 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. < 77
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, Aug 31, 10:10 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066- 072>074-010400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1010 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 1997 THE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA HAS DESTABILIZED OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS AND CONTAINS HIGHER MOISTURE CONTENT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY FORM JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE REGION AND THEN DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. ISOLATED STORMS COULD BE QUITE STRONG MAINLY BETWEEN 300 AND 700 PM ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WHERE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES COULD INTERACT. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED HOWEVER AS ALWAYS ANY STORMS CAN PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND THEY SHOULD MOVE SOUTHWARD AT ABOUT 10 MPH. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 2:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
MSZ042>044-048>050-312115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 218 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 1997 ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE SKY PARADE ACTIVITIES AT JACKSON AIRPORT... AT 220 PM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TWO MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT...NEAR BRANDON AND SOUTH JACKSON. THEY WERE BUILDING TOWARD THE AIRPORT. THEY SHOULD AFFECT THOMPSON FIELD THROUGH 330 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 2:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
MSZ042>044-048>050-312115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 218 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 1997 ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE SKY PARADE ACTIVITIES AT JACKSON AIRPORT... AT 220 PM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TWO MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT...NEAR BRANDON AND SOUTH JACKSON. THEY WERE BUILDING TOWARD THE AIRPORT. THEY SHOULD AFFECT THOMPSON FIELD THROUGH 330 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STR"IKES...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
Local storm report, Aug 31, 3:20 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
320 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
235 PM 2 N BROOKHAVEN MS WIND DAMAGE
08/20/97 LINCOLN ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE.
MARBLE SIZE HAIL.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 43 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.