Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 467, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 21, 1997, 1:51 PM CDT for West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 39 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
- Oct 21, 1997, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 1997, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County West Carroll Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 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 211851 RRA SVRJAN LAC123-211930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 151 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...WEST CARROLL PARISH AT 150 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF DARNELL MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD PASS BETWEEN EPPS AND DARNELL BY 200 PM. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. < 64
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, Oct 21, 10:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066- 072>074-220400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1025 AM CDT TUE OCT 21 1997 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. MOST OF THE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT SINCE THE AIRMASS REMAINED RATHER DRY AHEAD OF IT. DUE TO LIMITED INSTABILITY AND WEAK LOW LEVEL WINDS... NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS ARE LIKELY WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND THE STORMS WILL GENERALLY BE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE ONTHE WORLD WIDE WEB AT - HTTP:/WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US/ (IN LOWE CASE).
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 10:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066- 072>074-220400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1025 AM CDT TUE OCT 21 1997 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. MOST OF THE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT SINCE THE AIRMASS REMAINED RATHER DRY AHEAD OF IT. DUE TO LIMITED INSTABILITY AND WEAK LOW LEVEL WINDS... NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS ARE LIKELY WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND THE STORMS WILL GENERALLY BE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE ONTHE WORLD WIDE WEB AT - HTTP:/WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US/ (IN LOWE CASE).
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 49 min |
| Oct 21, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 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.