Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Feb 21, 1997, 3:08 AM CST (09:08 UTC)

Expired

Feb 21, 1997, 4:00 AM CST

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

County Holmes 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.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 210909 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC051-211000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
308 AM CST FRI FEB 21 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HOLMES COUNTY
 
AT 308 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
CRUGER TO THORNTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS LINE WILL MOVE
THROUGH LEXINGTON BY 330 AM.
 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.
 
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 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.