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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Jackson, MS

March 7, 1998Franklin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1998, 1:04 PM CST for Franklin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 1998, 1:04 PM CST (19:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 1998, 1:30 PM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 7, 12:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

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

Local storm report, Mar 7, 8:04 AM CST, 5 hours 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, 5 hours before
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Special weather statement, Mar 7, 10:00 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 7, 11:10 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072>
074-080400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1110 AM CST SAT MAR 7 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 84 HAS EXPIRED...
...ADDITIONAL WEATHER WATCHES LIKELY LATER TODAY...

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING TOWARD
THE NORTHEAST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS.  MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE TENDED TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY
LATE THIS MORNING AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE FOR NOW.  AS THE AIRMASS BECOMES EVEN MORE UNSTABLE LATER TODAY...
ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES ARE EXPECTED. A STRONG JET STREAM
COMBINING WITH MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL FUEL THE REDEVELOPMENT OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE LATER STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL HOWEVER...A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

RESIDENTS IN THE ARKLAMS REGION SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS
...WATCHES AND WARNINGS AS THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS SYSTEM.
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
OFFICIALS WILL AGAIN BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 10:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba45 min
Mar 6, 10:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston51 min
Mar 6, 11:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha55 min
Mar 7, 12:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren50 min
Mar 7, 2:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore45 min
Mar 7, 3:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah51 min
Mar 7, 3:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson53 min
Mar 7, 4:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis50 min
Mar 7, 4:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith50 min
Mar 7, 4:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln40 min
Mar 7, 4:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar50 min
Mar 7, 4:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest54 min
Mar 7, 5:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Simpson44 min
Mar 7, 5:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin40 min
Mar 7, 5:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson47 min
Mar 7, 5:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln54 min
Mar 7, 6:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds49 min
Mar 7, 6:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren47 min
Mar 7, 6:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Rankin47 min
Mar 7, 7:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo43 min
Mar 7, 7:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena52 min
Mar 7, 7:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey24 min
Mar 7, 10:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams47 min
Mar 7, 11:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin25 min
Mar 7, 12:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln40 min
Mar 7, 12:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson50 min
Mar 7, 12:49 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson41 min
Mar 7, 12:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse50 min
Mar 7, 5:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula51 min
Mar 7, 6:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Madison53 min
Mar 7, 6:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll46 min
Mar 7, 7:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Richland48 min
Mar 7, 11:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula44 min
Mar 7, 11:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANTensas48 min
Mar 7, 12:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia39 min
Mar 7, 4:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia47 min
Mar 7, 12:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley, Chicot42 min
Mar 7, 8:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley40 min

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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.