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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Jackson, MS

January 28, 1997Rankin County, Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1997, 12:06 AM CST for Rankin County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 69 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 28, 1997, 12:06 AM CST (06:06 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 1997, 1:15 AM CST
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 28, 12:10 AM CSTHail 0.75Pearl, 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 28, 12:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 1997-01-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 801 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1997-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 257 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 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
801 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 280606 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC121-127-280715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1206 AM CST TUE JAN 28 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN RANKIN COUNTY...SIMPSON COUNTY
 
AT 1205 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM TERRY
SOUTH TO WEST OF GEORGETOWN MOVING EAST 40 MPH. PINEY
WOODS...MENDENHALL...AND PINOLA ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.
STRONG WINDS AND HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
 
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 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, 7:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower37 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, 12:49 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.