Severe Thunderstorm Warning 520, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Nov 1, 1997, 10:31 AM CST (16:31 UTC)

Expired

Nov 1, 1997, 11:15 AM CST

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

County Yazoo 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 011632 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC163-011715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1031 AM CST SAT NOV 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...YAZOO COUNTY
 
AT 1031 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 3
MILES SOUTH OF YAZOO CITY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE BENTON AREA BY 1040 AM...AND WILL APPROACH VAUGHAN
BY 1100 AM.  OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER YAZOO COUNTY MAY ALSO
BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT.
 
 
PEOPLE NEAR THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS DON'T DRIVE INTO WATER CROSSINGS.
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.