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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS New Orleans, LA

January 27, 1997Amite County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1997, 4:33 PM CST for Amite County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 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
Jan 27, 1997, 4:33 PM CST (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 1997, 5:15 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Amite County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 27, 1:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 12:00Z on 1997-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1997-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 406 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
481 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 272234
SVRNEW
MSC005-272315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
433 PM CST MON JAN 27 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CST
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...AMITE COUNTY
 
AT 430 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES
SOUTH OF LIBERTY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
 
THIS STORM WAS MVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
THE TOWNS OF LIBERTY...PEORIA AND GILLSBURG ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHExRE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 2:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Wilkinson25 min
Jan 27, 3:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite36 min
Jan 27, 4:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike48 min
Jan 27, 5:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike, Walthall30 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.