Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Mar 7, 1998, 7:23 AM CST (13:23 UTC)

Expired

Mar 7, 1998, 8:15 AM CST

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

County Issaquena County, 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.

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WUUS1 KJAN 071324 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC055-071415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
723 AM CST SAT MAR 7 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...ISSAQUENA COUNTY
 
AT 723 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF FITLER.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MPH AND WILL AFFECT MAYERSVILLE BY 740
AM. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.  DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
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In the hours before

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THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
640 AM CST FRI MAR 6 1998

A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE JACKSON AND COLUMBUS AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE AIR MASS SOUTH
OF THE FRONT IS VERY UNSTABLE AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE
OVER THE AREA TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE PRODUCED HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.  SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TONIGHT.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
OFFICIALS WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT:
         HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US   (IN SMALL CASE LETTERS)

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.