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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Jackson, MS

October 23, 1997Adams County, Jefferson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 23, 1997, 11:53 PM CDT for Adams County, Jefferson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 min. 4 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
Oct 23, 1997, 11:53 PM CDT (04:53 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 1997, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adams County, MS, Jefferson County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 24, 12:15 AM CDTTornado F1Stampley, MSOne house was move off its foundation, the top of a mobile home was taken off, and several trees were blown down across the road.
Oct 24, 12:23 AM CDTThunderstorm WindNatchez, MSA metal roof was blown off a house and severval trees were blown down.
Oct 24, 12:26 AM CDTThunderstorm WindNatchez, MSSeveral trees and power lines were blown down near Lady Luck Casino.
Oct 24, 12:40 AM CDTThunderstorm WindFayette, MSSeveral trees and 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 nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 1997-10-24Temperature 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1997-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 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
1076 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
329 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.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 240454 RRA
TORJAN
MSC001-063-240530-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1153 PM CDT THU OCT 23 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...ADAMS COUNTY...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
AT 1152 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 3
MILES SOUTHWEST OF NATCHEZ MOVING NORTHEAST TO THE NATCHEZ AREA. A
SECOND POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS NORTHEAST OF WASHINGTON MOVING NORTHEAST
ALONG HIGHWAY 61.
 
 
 
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
Oct 23, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams33 min
Oct 24, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo39 min
Oct 24, 12:23 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson37 min
Oct 24, 12:37 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah53 min
Oct 24, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Warren31 min
Oct 24, 1:05 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds, Madison25 min
Oct 24, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala31 min
Oct 24, 1:29 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison31 min
Oct 24, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Hinds28 min
Oct 24, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson29 min
Oct 24, 1:57 AM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin33 min
Oct 24, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison27 min
Oct 24, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper52 min
Oct 24, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar29 min
Oct 24, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest26 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.