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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Jackson, MS

March 13, 1997Sunflower County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1997, 5:18 PM CST for Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 12 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 1997, 5:18 PM CST (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1997, 5:30 PM CST
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Sunflower County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1997-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1997-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 132319
TORJAN
MSC133-132330-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
518 PM CST THU MAR 13 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SUNFLOWER COUNTY
 
AT 528 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR PARCHMAN. THE STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 35 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN TH~E PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE.
USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD.
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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.