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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Jackson, MS

April 22, 1997Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 1997, 4:57 PM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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 22, 1997, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1997, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Jones County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 5:12 PM CDTHail 0.75Laurel, MS
Apr 22, 5:23 PM CDTHail 1.75Laurel, 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
Apr 22, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 12:00Z on 1997-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1284 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1997-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
1284 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

024 
WFUS1 KJAN 222159 RRA
TORJAN
MSC067-222245-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
457 PM CDT TUE APR 22 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...JONES COUNTY
 
AT 456 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF LAUREL
MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST 35 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE TOWARD OR JUST
NORTH OF LAUREL BY 520 PM.
 
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.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster41 min
Apr 21, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha64 min
Apr 22, 10:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena51 min
Apr 22, 10:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey, Washington39 min
Apr 22, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne50 min
Apr 22, 11:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo48 min
Apr 22, 11:32 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo43 min
Apr 22, 12:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin52 min
Apr 22, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott43 min
Apr 22, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton34 min
Apr 22, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith40 min
Apr 22, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne50 min
Apr 22, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah53 min
Apr 22, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke48 min
Apr 22, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence44 min
Apr 22, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Smith49 min
Apr 22, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Simpson27 min
Apr 22, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke34 min
Apr 22, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale42 min
Apr 22, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence41 min
Apr 22, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion66 min
Apr 22, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar60 min
Apr 22, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest36 min
Apr 22, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion33 min
Apr 22, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar46 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.