Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 15, 1997, 4:57 PM CST for Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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 15, 1997, 4:57 PM CST (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 1997, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pearl River County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Poplarville, 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 15, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
487 WUUS1 KNEW 152258 RRA SVRNEW MSC109-152330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 457 PM CST WED JAN 15 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED ALONG THE PEARL RIVER FROM ANGIE TO BOGALUSA MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS LINE WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. THE CITY OF POPLARVILLE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. 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 DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 15, 4:50 PM CST, 7 minutes before
LAZ049-056-048-036-046-061-068-059-067-050-062-063-069-064-070- 060-037-057-058-055-054-040-038-065-066-039-047-MSZ070-071-152315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 450 PM CST WED JAN 15 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH 15 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES FOR LOUISIANA..TANGIPAHOA..ST HELENA..LIVINGSTON..ST JOHN THE BAPTIST..ST JAMES..ASSUMPTION..ASCENSION..IBERVILLE..EAST BATON ROUGE..WEST BATON ROUGE..ST MARY..LOWER ST MARTIN.. INCLUDING MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES OF PIKE AND WALTHALL. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM ANGIE IN WASHINGTON PARISH TO HAHNVILLE TO MORGAN CITY.
Special weather statement, Jan 15, 4:52 PM CST, 5 minutes before
LAZ049-056-048-036-046-061-068-059-067-050-062-063-069-064-070- 060-037-057-058-055-054-040-038-065-066-039-047-MSZ070-071-152315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 450 PM CST WED JAN 15 1997 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH 15 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES FOR LOUISIANA..TANGIPAHOA..ST HELENA..LIVINGSTON..ST JOHN THE BAPTIST..ST JAMES..ASSUMPTION..ASCENSION..IBERVILLE..EAST BATON ROUGE..WEST BATON ROUGE..ST MARY..LOWER ST MARTIN.. INCLUDING MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES OF PIKE AND WALTHALL. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM ANGIE IN WASHINGTON PARISH TO HAHNVILLE TO MORGAN CITY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.