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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Jackson, MS

October 25, 1997Grenada County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 25, 1997, 8:10 AM CDT for Grenada County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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 25, 1997, 8:10 AM CDT (13:10 UTC)
Expired
Oct 25, 1997, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Grenada County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1997-10-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 452 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1997-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
452 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 251312 RRA
TORJAN
MSC043-251345-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
810 AM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...GRENADA COUNTY
 
AT 808 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTH OF GRENADA. THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE ACROSS GRENADA LAKE AS IT
MOVES EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
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 25, 6:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar37 min
Oct 25, 6:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower36 min
Oct 25, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar45 min
Oct 25, 7:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne34 min
Oct 25, 11:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena39 min
Oct 25, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper53 min
Oct 25, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones52 min
Oct 25, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper35 min
Oct 25, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale41 min
Oct 25, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest42 min
Oct 25, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke45 min
Oct 25, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster30 min
Oct 25, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWebster32 min
Oct 25, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower30 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.