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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Jackson, MS

October 24, 1997Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 1997, 1:29 AM CDT for Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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, 1:29 AM CDT (06:29 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 1997, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 35 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.

722 
WFUS1 KJAN 240630 RRA
TORJAN
MSC089-240700-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
129 AM CDT FRI OCT 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 127 AM...JACKSON DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE
TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF FLORA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM MAY
APPROACH THE CANTON AREA AFTER 145 AM.
 
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 23, 11:53 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAdams, Jefferson37 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, 1:32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.