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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS

January 15, 1997Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 15, 1997, 5:25 PM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 1997, 5:25 PM CST (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Jan 15, 1997, 6:15 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Forrest County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1997-01-15Temperature 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1997-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 325 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

712 
WFUS1 KJAN 152327 RRA
TORJAN
MSC035-160015-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
525 PM CST WED JAN 15 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN FORREST COUNTY
 
AT 524 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BROOKLYN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOTION WILL TAKE THE
STORM NEAR BROOKLYN BY 545 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
Jan 15, 2:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin28 min
Jan 15, 4:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion25 min
Jan 15, 4:49 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar41 min
Jan 15, 4:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones46 min
Jan 15, 5:07 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.