Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 25, 1997, 4:02 PM CDT for Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 min. 3 reports 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
- Oct 25, 1997, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 25, 1997, 4:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 4:05 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Saltillo, MS | |
| Oct 25, 4:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Saltillo, MS | Several homes had hail fall through metal roof on barns and porches. Other homes suffered roof and window damage. Several cars had windows broken. One person tried to run from his car into shelter. The hail knocked him to the ground and he had to be rescued b |
| Oct 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Saltillo, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 452 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Local storm report, Oct 25, 11:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
1119 AM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0710 AM GLENDORA MS 1 INCH HAIL
10/25/97 TALLAHATCHIE QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY TIPPO POST OFFICE
0800 AM SCOBEY MS 1 INCH HAIL
10/25/97 YALOBUSHA QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY SCOBEY POST OFFICE
0800 AM TILLATOBA MS WIND DAMAGE
10/25/97 YALOBUSHA TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY
51
0815 AM COFFEEVILLE MS 1 INCH HAIL
10/25/97 YALOBUSHA QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY COFFEEVILLE POST OFFICE
0933 AM HOULKA MS WIND DAMAGE
10/25/97 CHICKASAW LARGE TREE DOWN REPORTED
BY CHICKASAW COUNTY EMA
1000 AM TUPELO MS WIND DAMAGE
10/25/97 LEE ROOF CAVED IN AT
GLOUCESTER CREEK MALL
REPORTED BY LEE COUNTY CD
1000 AM SHANNON MS .75 INCH HAIL
10/25/97 LEE DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
LEE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
1005 AM TUPELO MS TORNADO
10/25/97 LEE POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF
TUPELO BY LEE COUNTY CD
1010 AM MS .75 INCH HAIL
10/25/97 LEE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DIME
SIZE HAIL FROM THROUGHOUT
LEE COUNTY
1011 AM TUPELO MS WIND DAMAGE
10/25/97 LEE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY REPORTED BY LEE
COUNTY CD
1015 AM PLANTERSVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
10/25/97 LEE TWISTED TREES DOWN ON
TRAILERS REPORTED BY LEE
COUNTY CD
1020 AM NEW SALEM MS WIND DAMAGE
10/25/97 ITAWAMBA NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
REPORTED BY ITAWAMBA
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
1025 AM FAIRVIEW MS .75 INCH HAIL
10/25/97 ITAWAMBA DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
SPOTTERLocal storm report, Oct 25, 11:22 AM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
1119 AM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0710 AM GLENDORA MS 1 INCH HAIL
10/25/97 TALLAHATCHIE QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY TIPPO POST OFFICE
0800 AM SCOBEY MS 1 INCH HAIL
10/25/97 YALOBUSHA QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY SCOBEY POST OFFICE
0800 AM TILLATOBA MS WIND DAMAGE
10/25/97 YALOBUSHA TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY
51
0815 AM COFFEEVILLE MS 1 INCH HAIL
10/25/97 YALOBUSHA QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY COFFEEVILLE POST OFFICE
0933 AM HOULKA MS WIND DAMAGE
10/25/97 CHICKASAW LARGE TREE DOWN REPORTED
BY CHICKASAW COUNTY EMA
1000 AM TUPELO MS WIND DAMAGE
10/25/97 LEE ROOF CAVED IN AT
GLOUCESTER CREEK MALL
REPORTED BY LEE COUNTY CD
1000 AM SHANNON MS .75 INCH HAIL
10/25/97 LEE DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
LEE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
1005 AM TUPELO MS TORNADO
10/25/97 LEE POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF
TUPELO BY LEE COUNTY CD
1010 AM MS .75 INCH HAIL
10/25/97 LEE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DIME
SIZE HAIL FROM THROUGHOUT
LEE COUNTY
1011 AM TUPELO MS WIND DAMAGE
10/25/97 LEE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY REPORTED BY LEE
COUNTY CD
1015 AM PLANTERSVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
10/25/97 LEE TWISTED TREES DOWN ON
TRAILERS REPORTED BY LEE
COUNTY CD
1020 AM NEW SALEM MS WIND DAMAGE
10/25/97 ITAWAMBA NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
REPORTED BY ITAWAMBA
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
1025 AM FAIRVIEW MS .75 INCH HAIL
10/25/97 ITAWAMBA DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
SPOTTERLocal storm report, Oct 25, 3:05 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
305 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0110 PM WEST HELENA AR WIND DAMAGE
10/25/97 PHILLIPS POLICE CAR WINDSHIELD
DESTROYED BY FALLING TREE
LIMBS REPORTED BY PHILLIPS
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0205 PM BATESVILLE MS .75 INCH HAIL
10/25/97 PANOLA DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
EMA DIRECTORLocal storm report, Oct 25, 3:09 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
305 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0110 PM WEST HELENA AR WIND DAMAGE
10/25/97 PHILLIPS POLICE CAR WINDSHIELD
DESTROYED BY FALLING TREE
LIMBS REPORTED BY PHILLIPS
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0205 PM BATESVILLE MS .75 INCH HAIL
10/25/97 PANOLA DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
EMA DIRECTORThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 6:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 7:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 32 min |
| Oct 25, 8:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 32 min |
| Oct 25, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 33 min |
| Oct 25, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 45 min |
| Oct 25, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 17 min |
| Oct 25, 9:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee | 34 min |
| Oct 25, 10:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 47 min |
| Oct 25, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 40 min |
| Oct 25, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss | 35 min |
| Oct 25, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 33 min |
| Oct 25, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 35 min |
| Oct 25, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 35 min |
| Oct 25, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 32 min |
| Oct 25, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 33 min |
| Oct 25, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 19 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.