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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Jackson, MS

April 3, 1998Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1998, 12:03 AM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 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
Apr 3, 1998, 12:03 AM CST (06:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 1998, 12:45 AM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lauderdale County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 3, 12:22 AM CSTHail 0.88Russell, MS
Apr 3, 12:40 AM CSTHail 0.88Kewanee, MS

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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1998-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1998-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 8:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington52 min
Apr 2, 10:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott38 min
Apr 2, 10:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower50 min
Apr 2, 10:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott43 min
Apr 2, 11:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston56 min
Apr 3, 12:21 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale39 min
Apr 2, 8:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot48 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.