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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Jackson, MS

January 27, 1997Sunflower County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1997, 7:38 PM CST for Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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
Jan 27, 1997, 7:38 PM CST (01:38 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 1997, 8:15 PM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Sunflower County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 27, 7:45 PM CSTThunderstorm WindMoorhead, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 27, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1997-01-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1997-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 280138 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC133-280215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
738 PM CST MON JAN 27 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SUNFLOWER COUNTY
 
AT 737 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
INDIANOLA MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH
INDIANOLA TO NEAR SUNFLOWER BY 800 PM.
 
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 HOMPE OR BUSINESS.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 6:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion52 min
Jan 27, 6:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds37 min
Jan 27, 7:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington53 min
Jan 27, 8:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Leflore44 min
Jan 27, 8:29 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeflore31 min
Jan 27, 8:41 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll34 min
Jan 27, 8:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMontgomery49 min
Jan 27, 9:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey40 min
Jan 27, 9:39 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWebster51 min
Jan 27, 9:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw46 min
Jan 27, 10:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha37 min
Jan 27, 11:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee37 min
Jan 27, 11:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha53 min
Jan 27, 11:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba53 min
Jan 27, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds35 min
Jan 28, 12:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson69 min
Jan 28, 12:49 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson, Smith41 min
Jan 28, 1:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper36 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.