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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 28, 1997, 12:49 AM CST for Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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
- Jan 28, 1997, 12:49 AM CST (06:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1997, 1:30 AM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 1:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylorsville, 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 52 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 801 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
390 WFUS1 KJAN 280650 RRA TORJAN MSC127-129-280730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1249 AM CST TUE JAN 28 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...EASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY...SMITH COUNTY AT 1249 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF MENDENHALL. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL AFFECT STATE HIGHWAY 540 AS WELL AS THE TOWN OF RALEIGH. VERY DAMAGING WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH 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. <
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 52 min |
| Jan 27, 6:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 37 min |
| Jan 27, 7:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 53 min |
| Jan 27, 7:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 37 min |
| Jan 27, 8:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore | 44 min |
| Jan 27, 8:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 31 min |
| Jan 27, 8:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 34 min |
| Jan 27, 8:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 49 min |
| Jan 27, 9:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 40 min |
| Jan 27, 9:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Webster | 51 min |
| Jan 27, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 46 min |
| Jan 27, 10:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 37 min |
| Jan 27, 11:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 37 min |
| Jan 27, 11:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 53 min |
| Jan 27, 11:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 53 min |
| Jan 27, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 35 min |
| Jan 28, 12:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 69 min |
| Jan 28, 1:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 36 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.