Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 9

January 8, 199731 counties in Alabama; Madison Parish, Louisiana; 32 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jan 8, 1997, 10:15 AM CST for 31 counties in Alabama; Madison Parish, Louisiana; 32 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 8, 1997, 10:15 AM CST (16:15 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 1997, 4:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 64 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Madison Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Wayne County, MS

Warnings issued inside it

8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 10:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers41 min
Jan 8, 10:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton47 min
Jan 8, 10:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Franklin40 min
Jan 8, 11:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson54 min
Jan 8, 12:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds53 min
Jan 8, 12:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington44 min
Jan 8, 12:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin53 min
Jan 8, 2:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox59 min

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 1997-01-08Temperature 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 1997-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 323 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
323 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
410 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Mobile6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Louisiana, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.