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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 2, 1997, 8:39 PM CDT for Attala County, Carroll County, Montgomery County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min. 3 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
- May 2, 1997, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1997, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Montgomery County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Vaiden, MS | This tornado touched down briefly and only blew down a couple of trees. |
| May 2, 9:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Duck Hill, MS | Several trees were blown down on to homes and cars. |
| May 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Winona, MS | Several windows were broken out of buildings and automobiles. Numerous automobiles were damaged. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 2009 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.0
- Supercell composite
- 14.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 030141 RRA TORJAN MSC007-015-097-030230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 839 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...ATTALA COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY ...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT 837 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTWHEST OF VAIDEN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...AND WILL MOVE BETWEEN VAIDEN AND WEST BEFORE 9 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE QUICKLY TO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROO(M ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS. LEAVE CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. < 74
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 52 min |
| May 2, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 48 min |
| May 2, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 41 min |
| May 2, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 45 min |
| May 2, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 49 min |
| May 2, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 44 min |
| May 2, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 42 min |
| May 2, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 46 min |
| May 2, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 47 min |
| May 2, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 43 min |
| May 2, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 41 min |
| May 2, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 57 min |
| May 2, 8:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| May 2, 8:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha, Webster | 3 hr |
| May 2, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 48 min |
| May 2, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 41 min |
| May 2, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 51 min |
| May 2, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 48 min |
| May 2, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 29 min |
| May 2, 9:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 3 hr |
| May 2, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 40 min |
| May 2, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 49 min |
| May 2, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 41 min |
| May 2, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 54 min |
| May 2, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 46 min |
| May 2, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 52 min |
| May 2, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 48 min |
| May 2, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 51 min |
| May 2, 11:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada, Webster | 3 hr |
| May 2, 11:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 3 hr |
| May 3, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 43 min |
| May 3, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 54 min |
| May 3, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren, Yazoo | 41 min |
| May 3, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 42 min |
| May 3, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 49 min |
| May 3, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 53 min |
| May 3, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 50 min |
| May 3, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 53 min |
| May 3, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 63 min |
| May 3, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 44 min |
| May 3, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 42 min |
| May 3, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 53 min |
| May 3, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 45 min |
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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.