Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 1998, 1:15 PM CST for Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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 31, 1998, 1:15 PM CST (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 1998, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1:25 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Morton, MS | Several trees were blown down. |
| Mar 31, 1:35 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns, MS | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 427 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 31, 10:00 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-010400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST TUE MAR 31 1998 A BAND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS MORNING. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE EAST OF MISSISSIPPI BY THIS EVENING. WITH THE AIRMASS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING...THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO THIS MORE UNSTABLE AIRMASS THIS AFTERNON. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS COULD BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT US AT OUR WEB SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 10:00 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-010400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST TUE MAR 31 1998 A BAND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS MORNING. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE EAST OF MISSISSIPPI BY THIS EVENING. WITH THE AIRMASS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING...THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO THIS MORE UNSTABLE AIRMASS THIS AFTERNON. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS COULD BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT US AT OUR WEB SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 1:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 3:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 3:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.