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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 464, NWS Jackson, MS

September 3, 1997Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 1997, 3:15 PM CDT for Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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
Sep 3, 1997, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 1997, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 1997-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 625 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
625 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 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 032017 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC089-163-032045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
315 PM CDT WED SEP 3 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY...EASTERN YAZOO COUNTY
 
AT 315 PM JACKSON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG INTERSTATE 55 3 MILES NORTH OF VAUGHAN. THE
STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
 
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.
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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, Sep 3, 10:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-
072>074-040400-

AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1005 AM CDT WED SEP 3 1997

A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA IS NOT AS MOIST OR UNSTABLE
TODAY AS TUESDAY. STILL...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. HOWEVER...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE
WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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.