Severe Thunderstorm Warning 509, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Oct 31, 1997, 11:14 PM CST (05:14 UTC)

Expired

Oct 31, 1997, 11:45 PM CST

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

County Madison County, 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.

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TTAA00 KJAN 010516 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC089-010545-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1114 PM CST FRI OCT 31 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 1112 PM CST JACKSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANTON MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CANTON BY 1125 PM CST. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IS
THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
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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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.