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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Jackson, MS

May 27, 1997Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1997, 11:11 PM CDT for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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
May 27, 1997, 11:11 PM CDT (04:11 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1997, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Rankin County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 11:22 PM CDTHail 1Brandon, MS
May 27, 11:40 PM CDTThunderstorm WindPuckett, MSNumerous trees were blown down.

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
May 27, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 14 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 00:00Z on 1997-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3525 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1997-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3525 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 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.

253 
WFUS1 KJAN 280412 RRA
TORJAN
MSC121-280500-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1111 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...RANKIN COUNTY
 
AT 1110 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR
THE ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE POSSIBLE
TORNADO WILL TRACK EASTWARD OVER NORTHERN RANKIN COUNTY AND COULD
APPROACH THE SANDHILL AREA BY 1130 PM.
 
ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST RANKIN COUNTY IS SHOWING
EVIDENCE OF ROTATION...AND COULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.  THIS STORM IS IN THE
VICINITY OF FLORENCE...AND WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST AND AFFECT AREAS
SOUTH OF BRANDON THROUGH 1130 PM.
 
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW
 
 
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
May 27, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington45 min
May 27, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar68 min
May 27, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo50 min
May 27, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington49 min
May 27, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll32 min
May 27, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison, Rankin, Scott49 min
May 27, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake49 min
May 27, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton54 min
May 27, 9:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANRankin, Scott61 min
May 27, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott61 min
May 27, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sunflower, Washington55 min
May 27, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith49 min
May 27, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren45 min
May 27, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Jefferson42 min
May 27, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds57 min
May 27, 10:20 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNewton40 min
May 27, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo63 min
May 27, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah44 min
May 27, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Rankin67 min
May 27, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes62 min
May 27, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds34 min
May 27, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton45 min
May 27, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison29 min
May 27, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson43 min
May 27, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott55 min
May 27, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith55 min
May 28, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis41 min
May 28, 12:08 AM CDTTornado WarningJANScott37 min
May 28, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington50 min
May 28, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper47 min
May 28, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion65 min
May 28, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha44 min
May 28, 12:53 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper37 min
May 28, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones55 min
May 28, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke37 min
May 28, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin50 min
May 28, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest41 min
May 28, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest38 min
May 28, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones47 min
May 28, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin47 min
May 28, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln46 min
May 28, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah52 min
May 28, 6:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANWashington3 hr

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.