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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Jackson, MS

July 4, 1997Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1997, 8:00 PM CDT for Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 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: Jul 4, 1997, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 1997, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 4, 8:25 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Lake Vlg, AR	Numerous trees and power poles were blown down.
Jul 4, 8:30 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Eudora, AR	Several power lines 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 4, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2606 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.2
Supercell composite: -2.1

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The text

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

330 
WFUS1 KJAN 050101 RRA
TORJAN
ARC003-017-050145-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
800 PM CDT FRI JUL 4 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN ASHLEY COUNTY...CHICOT COUNTY
 
AT 758 PM...JACKSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST
NORTH OF SNYDER. THE STORM ASSOCIATED WITH THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL REACH BOYDELL BY 805 PM
AND LAKE VILLAGE BY 820 PM.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  MOVE QUICKLY TO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
AVOID WINDOWS.  LEAVE CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Ashley	41 min
Jul 4, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Ashley	38 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.