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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 502, NWS Jackson, MS

October 26, 1997Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 1997, 12:17 AM CDT for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
Oct 26, 1997, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 1997, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Hinds County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 26, 12:35 AM CDTThunderstorm WindUtica, MSA few trees were blown down.

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
Oct 25, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Oct 26, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 35 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.

940 
WUUS1 KJAN 260519
SVRJAN
MSC049-260600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1217 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HINDS COUNTY
 
AT 1215 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRY...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
NEAR 30 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHEASTERN HINDS COUNTY...
INCLUDING THE TERRY AREA...AND WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF
THE JACKSON METRO AREA...INCLUDING THE RICHLAND AREA...THROUGH 1245 AM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  REMEMBER SEVERE 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, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington58 min
Oct 25, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams52 min
Oct 25, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Leflore66 min
Oct 25, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence28 min
Oct 25, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis50 min
Oct 25, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah47 min
Oct 26, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake54 min
Oct 26, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin66 min
Oct 26, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper42 min
Oct 26, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith68 min
Oct 26, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton51 min
Oct 26, 2:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Smith46 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.