Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 1997, 6:10 PM CST for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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
- Mar 25, 1997, 6:10 PM CST (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 1997, 6:55 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lowndes County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 6:25 PM CST | Hail | Caledonia, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 495 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1273 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 260012 RRA SVRMEM MSC087-260055- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 610 PM CST TUE MAR 25 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 655 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI ...LOWNDES COUNTY AT 605 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE SOUTH OF CALEDONIA BY 630 PM. LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. .WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Mar 25, 4:14 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
TNZ049-050-052>055-088>091-252250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 414 PM CST TUE MAR 25 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.. SHELBY..TIPTON..HAYWOOD..FAYETTE..MADISON..HARDEMAN..CHESTER.. HENDERSON..HARDIN..DECATUR..AND PERRY. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST OF THE REGION AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED. RES
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 4:15 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
TNZ049-050-052>055-088>091-252250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 414 PM CST TUE MAR 25 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.. SHELBY..TIPTON..HAYWOOD..FAYETTE..MADISON..HARDEMAN..CHESTER.. HENDERSON..HARDIN..DECATU0R..AND PERRY. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST OF THE REGION AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED. RES
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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.