Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Jackson, MS

March 31, 1998Noxubee County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 1998, 3:13 PM CST for Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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 31, 1998, 3:13 PM CST (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 1998, 3:45 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Noxubee County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1998-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1998-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 283 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 312113 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC103-312145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
313 PM CST TUE MAR 31 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NOXUBEE COUNTY
 
AT 311 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MACON. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. ON THIS
PATH THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH PRAIRIE POINT BY 320 PM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
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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, 5 hours 13 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, 5 hours 13 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
Local storm report, Mar 31, 2:50 PM CST, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
250 PM CST TUE MAR 31 1998

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

0115 PM    11 E CRYSTAL SPGS         MS   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/98   SIMPSON

0125 PM    4 S MORTON                MS   WIND DAMAGE
03/31/98   SCOTT                          TREES DOWN

0215 PM    5 NE NEWTON               MS   WIND DAMAGE
03/31/98   NEWTON                         TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
Local storm report, Mar 31, 2:50 PM CST, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
250 PM CST TUE MAR 31 1998

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

0115 PM    11 E CRYSTAL SPGS         MS   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/98   SIMPSON

0125 PM    4 S MORTON                MS   WIND DAMAGE
03/31/98   SCOTT                          TREES DOWN

0215 PM    5 NE NEWTON               MS   WIND DAMAGE
03/31/98   NEWTON                         TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 1:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah38 min
Mar 31, 1:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith45 min
Mar 31, 1:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin40 min
Mar 31, 1:39 PM CSTTornado WarningJANScott51 min
Mar 31, 2:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton53 min
Mar 31, 3:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.