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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 1997, 7:44 AM CST for Humphreys County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
- Apr 5, 1997, 7:44 AM CST (13:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1997, 8:15 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Humphreys County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:50 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 78 | Isola, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 671 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 051346 RRA TORJAN MSC053-051415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 744 AM CST SAT APR 5 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...HUMPHREYS COUNTY AT 743 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF BELZONI...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 50 MPH. IT WILL MOVE BETWEEN ISOLA AND BELZONI BY 800 AM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!! IF YOU ARE IN THE 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. < 68
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 7:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 7:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 7:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 7:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 7:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 7:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Leflore | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 8:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 8:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 8:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 8:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 65 min |
| Apr 5, 8:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 8:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 9:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 9:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 10:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 10:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha, Webster | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 11:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 53 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.