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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Jackson, MS

March 8, 1998Leflore County, Sunflower County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1998, 3:31 PM CST for Leflore County, Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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 8, 1998, 3:31 PM CST (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 1998, 4:15 PM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Leflore County, MS, Sunflower County, MS

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 8, 10:00 AM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 7:41 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith2 hr
Mar 7, 8:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar3 hr
Mar 7, 8:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANMarion3 hr
Mar 7, 11:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLamar, Marion2 hr
Mar 7, 11:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones2 hr
Mar 8, 1:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar115 min
Mar 8, 1:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANMarion115 min

Nearby

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

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.