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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Jackson, MS

October 24, 1997Hinds County, Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 1997, 1:05 AM CDT for Hinds County, Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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: Oct 24, 1997, 1:05 AM CDT (06:05 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 1997, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 21 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: 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.

605 
WFUS1 KJAN 240606 RRA
TORJAN
MSC049-089-240630-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
105 AM CDT FRI OCT 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 104 AM...JACKSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES
NORTH OF BOLTON...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLORA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH. FLORA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 23, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	33 min
Oct 23, 11:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	37 min
Oct 24, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	39 min
Oct 24, 12:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	37 min
Oct 24, 12:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah	53 min
Oct 24, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	31 min
Oct 24, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala	31 min
Oct 24, 1:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	31 min
Oct 24, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Hinds	28 min
Oct 24, 1:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson	29 min
Oct 24, 1:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	33 min
Oct 24, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	27 min
Oct 24, 2:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	52 min
Oct 24, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	29 min
Oct 24, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.