Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 1997, 4:35 AM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi; Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 55 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 24, 1997, 4:35 AM CST (10:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 1997, 5:30 AM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 5:20 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Picayune, 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 24, 4:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 241022 RRA SVRNEW LAC117-MSC109-241130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 422 AM CST FRI JAN 24 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CST FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ...EASTERN WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ...PEARL RIVER COUNTY AT 422 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARA INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED JUST S OF BOGALUSA MOVING NE AT 30 MPH INTO PEARL RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCA2SIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
1 follow-up statement
000 TTAA00 KNEW 241034 RRA SVRNEW LAC103-MSC109-241130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 435 AM CST FRI JAN 24 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CST FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ...NORTHEASTERN ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ...PEARL RIVER COUNTY AT 434 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARA INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN THE BUSH-TALISHEEK AREA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CYBUR-MCNEILL AREA OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY SHORTLY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN TEFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 24, 4:00 AM CST, 35 minutes before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-231900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 400 AM CST FRI JAN 24 1997 ...THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA..AND SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI IS CANCELLED... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA..SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI IS CANCELLED. INCREASING SOUTH WINDS AND DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE INHIBITING FURTHER DENSE FOG FORMATION ACROSS THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Jan 24, 4:13 AM CST, 22 minutes before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-231900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 400 AM CST FRI JAN 24 1997 ...THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA..AND SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI IS CANCELLED... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA..SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI IS CANCELLED. INCREASING SOUTH WINDS AND DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE INHIBITING FURTHER DENSE FOG FORMATION ACROSS THE AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 4:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 68 min |
| Jan 24, 6:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 67 min |
| Jan 24, 6:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 56 min |
| Jan 24, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 45 min |
| Jan 24, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 51 min |
| Jan 24, 4:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 53 min |
| Jan 24, 5:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 40 min |
| Jan 24, 4:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 62 min |
| Jan 24, 6:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 69 min |
| Jan 24, 6:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche, Terrebonne | 61 min |
| Jan 24, 8:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 58 min |
| Jan 24, 8:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche | 58 min |
| Jan 24, 10:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Charles | 37 min |
| Jan 24, 11:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Orleans | 40 min |
| Jan 24, 11:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans, Saint Bernard | 46 min |
| Jan 24, 12:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Saint Charles | 46 min |
| Jan 24, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Orleans | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.