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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Jackson, MS

January 28, 1997Jasper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1997, 1:24 AM CST for Jasper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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, 1:24 AM CST (07:24 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 1997, 2:00 AM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Jasper County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 28, 1:55 AM CSTThunderstorm WindHeidelberg, 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 280724 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC061-280800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
124 AM CST TUE JAN 28 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...JASPER COUNTY
 
AT 123 AM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF
BAY SPRINGS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
AFFECT BAY SPRINGS BY 135 AM...AND PAULDING AFTER 145 AM.
 
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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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, 12:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson69 min
Jan 28, 12:49 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson, Smith41 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.