Tornado Warning 79, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Nov 1, 1997, 1:45 PM CST (19:45 UTC)

Expired

Nov 1, 1997, 2:30 PM CST

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

County Clarke County, MS

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.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 011945 RRA
TORJAN
MSC023-012030-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
145 PM CST SAT NOV 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY
 
AT 145 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF QUITMAN MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS
HIGHWAY 45 SOUTH OF QUITMAN BY 155 PM.
 
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 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.