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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Jackson, MS

March 7, 1998Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1998, 8:35 AM CST for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 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: Mar 7, 1998, 8:35 AM CST (14:35 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 1998, 9:15 AM CST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Ashley County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 7, 8:55 AM CST	Hail 1.75	Milo, AR	Many houses and automobiles were damaged.
Mar 7, 8:55 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Milo, AR	Four houses were damaged and four barns were demolished.
Mar 7, 8:55 AM CST	Hail 1.75	Fountain Hill, AR	Golfball size hail accumulated three inches deep. The hail damaged roofs of houses and automobiles.

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 7, 6:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -286 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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

Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:40 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072>
074-080400-

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)

Local storm report, Mar 7, 8:04 AM CST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
804 AM CST SAT MAR 07 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0455 AM    BROOKHAVEN                MS   .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   LINCOLN                        REPORTED IN
                                          DOWNTOWN BROOKHAVEN BY EOC

0501 AM    HATTIESBURG               MS   1 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   FORREST                        ONE INCH HAIL IN
                                          HATTIESBURG REPORTED BY
                                          EOC

0530 AM    PINOLA                    MS   1 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   SIMPSON                        ONE INCH HAIL IN PINOLA
                                          AND MENDENHALL REPORTED BY
                                          SO

0555 AM    PURVIS                    MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   LAMAR                          HAIL THROUGHOUT
                                          PURVIS

0740 AM    FITLER                    MS   .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   ISSAQUENA                      HAIL COVERS THE
                                          GROUND THROUGHOUT
                                          ISSAQUENA COUNTY REPORTED
                                          BY EOC

0605 AM    HARRISBURG                LA   1.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED
03/07/98   CATAHOULA                      AT MANIFEST AND AMWELL AND
                                          4 S OF HARRISBURG ON HWY 124

Local storm report, Mar 7, 8:04 AM CST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
804 AM CST SAT MAR 07 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0455 AM    BROOKHAVEN                MS   .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   LINCOLN                        REPORTED IN
                                          DOWNTOWN BROOKHAVEN BY EOC

0501 AM    HATTIESBURG               MS   1 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   FORREST                        ONE INCH HAIL IN
                                          HATTIESBURG REPORTED BY
                                          EOC

0530 AM    PINOLA                    MS   1 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   SIMPSON                        ONE INCH HAIL IN PINOLA
                                          AND MENDENHALL REPORTED BY
                                          SO

0555 AM    PURVIS                    MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   LAMAR                          HAIL THROUGHOUT
                                          PURVIS

0740 AM    FITLER                    MS   .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98   ISSAQUENA                      HAIL COVERS THE
                                          GROUND THROUGHOUT
                                          ISSAQUENA COUNTY REPORTED
                                          BY EOC

0605 AM    HARRISBURG                LA   1.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED
03/07/98   CATAHOULA                      AT MANIFEST AND AMWELL AND
                                          4 S OF HARRISBURG ON HWY 124

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 6, 10:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	45 min
Mar 6, 10:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	51 min
Mar 6, 11:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	55 min
Mar 7, 12:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	50 min
Mar 7, 2:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore	45 min
Mar 7, 3:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	51 min
Mar 7, 3:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	53 min
Mar 7, 4:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	50 min
Mar 7, 4:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	50 min
Mar 7, 4:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	40 min
Mar 7, 4:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	50 min
Mar 7, 4:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	54 min
Mar 7, 5:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Simpson	44 min
Mar 7, 5:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	40 min
Mar 7, 5:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	47 min
Mar 7, 5:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	54 min
Mar 7, 6:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	49 min
Mar 7, 6:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	47 min
Mar 7, 6:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin	47 min
Mar 7, 7:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	43 min
Mar 7, 7:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	52 min
Mar 7, 7:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sharkey	24 min
Mar 7, 10:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	47 min
Mar 7, 11:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	25 min
Mar 7, 12:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	40 min
Mar 7, 12:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	50 min
Mar 7, 12:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson	41 min
Mar 7, 1:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	26 min
Mar 7, 12:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	50 min
Mar 7, 5:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula	51 min
Mar 7, 6:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Madison	53 min
Mar 7, 6:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll	46 min
Mar 7, 7:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Richland	48 min
Mar 7, 11:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula	44 min
Mar 7, 11:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Tensas	48 min
Mar 7, 12:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Concordia	39 min
Mar 7, 4:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Concordia	47 min
Mar 7, 12:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley, Chicot	42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.