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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 494, NWS Jackson, MS

October 25, 1997Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 25, 1997, 9:31 PM CDT for Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 59 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 25, 1997, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
Expired
Oct 25, 1997, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Chicot County, AR

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 25, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 00:00Z on 1997-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3555 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 00:00Z on 1997-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 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
3555 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
5.1
Supercell composite
24.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 260232 RRA
SVRJAN
ARC017-260330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
931 PM CDT (831 PM CST) SAT OCT 25 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT (930 PM CST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...CHICOT COUNTY
 
AT 930 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM BOYDELL TO WILMOT...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH.
THIS LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH LAKE VILLAGE AND EUDORA BY 950 PM. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  REMEMBER SEV~ERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN
CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley49 min
Oct 25, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 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.