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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 27, 1997Amite County, Wilkinson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1997, 3:09 AM CDT for Amite County, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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
Apr 27, 1997, 3:09 AM CDT (08:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1997, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Amite County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 27, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 1997-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
324 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPointe Coupee33 min
Apr 26, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWest Feliciana30 min
Apr 27, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPointe Coupee46 min
Apr 27, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWest Feliciana30 min
Apr 27, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWest Feliciana27 min
Apr 27, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPointe Coupee, West Feliciana20 min
Apr 27, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Feliciana, West Feliciana37 min
Apr 27, 2:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana42 min
Apr 27, 3:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana3 hr
Apr 27, 3:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana3 hr
Apr 27, 8:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, Iberville, West Baton Rouge61 min
Apr 27, 9:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAscension, Livingston58 min
Apr 27, 9:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Helena58 min
Apr 27, 10:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXIberville4 hr
Apr 27, 10:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Feliciana4 hr
Apr 27, 10:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXIberville4 hr
Apr 27, 10:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXEast Feliciana4 hr
Apr 27, 11:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Washington66 min
Apr 27, 12:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXTerrebonne2 hr
Apr 26, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson35 min
Apr 27, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Wilkinson52 min
Apr 27, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike32 min
Apr 27, 5:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXPike2 hr
Apr 27, 6:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWalthall15 min
Apr 27, 7:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXPike117 min
Apr 27, 10:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXPike, Walthall4 hr
Apr 27, 11:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXPike, Walthall4 hr

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.