Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 1997, 12:41 AM CST for Calhoun County, Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. 4 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
- Mar 1, 1997, 12:41 AM CST (06:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 1997, 1:30 AM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calhoun County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 12:47 AM CST | Tornado F1 | Shepherd, MS | |
| Mar 1, 12:52 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Pontotoc, MS | |
| Mar 1, 1:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Pontotoc, MS | |
| Mar 1, 1:00 AM CST | Tornado F1 | Robbs, 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 nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
825 WUUS1 KMEM 010641 RRA SVRMEM MSC013-115-010730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1241 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY ...PONTOTOC COUNTY AT 1240 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PONTOTOC OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RANDOLPH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR THAXTON BY 1250 AM CST... PONTOTOC BY 1255 AM CST... FURRS BY 100 AM CST AND ECRU BY 100 AM CST. 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 DO NOT 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, Feb 28, 9:39 PM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
TNZ001>007-019>026-048>058-088>093-010445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 939 PM CST FRI FEB 28 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 73 CANCELLED FOR TENNESSEE... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 73 FOR WEST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED NORTHWARD OUT OF TENNESSEE AND INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY OR HAVE DIMINISHED AND DECREASED IN NUMBER OVER TENNESSEE DURING THE LAST HOUR. A WARM FRONT THAT HELPED TRIGGER THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED NORTHWARD ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND IS NOW MOVING ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY. THERE IS NO LONGER ANY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN TENNESSEE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 12:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Pontotoc | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 1:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Union | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 2:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 2:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 2:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 2:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 2:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 19 min |
| Mar 1, 2:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 3:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Pontotoc, Union | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 5:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 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.