Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1998, 12:38 AM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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 18, 1998, 12:38 AM CDT (05:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 1998, 1:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jasper County, MS, Newton County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 1:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Chunky, MS | Several trees 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 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 180538 RRA SVRJAN MSC061-101-180610- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1238 AM CDT SAT APR 18 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 110 AM CDT * AT 1237 AM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DECATUR OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON... INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... NEWTON BY 1255 AM CDT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! 64
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, Apr 17, 10:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1008 PM CDT FRI APR 17 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0710 PM 9 SE HATTIESBURG MS 1 INCH HAIL
04/17/98 FORREST COVERED THE GROUND TO A
DEPTH OF 2 INCHES AT CAMP
SHELBY
0725 PM 2 S BROOKLYN MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/17/98 FORREST REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
0745 PM 2 S COLUMBIA MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/17/98 MARION REPORTED BY CD OFFICE
0800 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
04/17/98 LAMAR NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
DOWNED AND CHICKEN HOUSES
DAMAGED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY...REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
0813 PM PETAL MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/17/98 FORREST REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTER
0815 PM HATTIESBURG MS .88 INCH HAIL
04/17/98 FORREST AT THE HATTIESBURG EOC
OFFICE
0819 PM DIXIE MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/17/98 FORREST REPORTED BY HATTIESBURG
EOC
0600 PM 7 SW COLUMBIA MS WIND DAMAGE
MARION 3 HOMES/5 MOBILE HOMES/
SEVERAL BARNS ALL DAMAGED
0745 PM 5 S COLUMBIA MS WIND DAMAGE
MARION NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Apr 17, 10:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1010 PM CDT FRI APR 17 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0832 PM 4 N ELLISVILLE MS 1 INCH HAIL
04/17/98 JONES REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTERSpecial weather statement, Apr 17, 10:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MSZ059>067-072>076-078-079-180500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1059 PM CDT FRI APR 17 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... TORNADO WATCH 243 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THERE IS STILL A THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...BUT THE THREAT FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. 43/08
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 10:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MSZ059>067-072>076-078-079-180500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS ...CORRECTION... 1059 PM CDT FRI APR 17 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI HAS EXPIRED...^ TORNADO WATCH 243 FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI HAS EXPIRED. THERE IS STILL A THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...BUT THE THREAT FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR TONIGHT. 43/08
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 10:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MSZ059>067-072>076-078-079-180500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1059 PM CDT FRI APR 17 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... TORNADO WATCH 243 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THERE IS STILL A THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...BUT THE THREAT FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. 43/08
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 10:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MSZ059>067-072>076-078-079-180500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS ...CORRECTION... 1059 PM CDT FRI APR 17 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI HAS EXPIRED...^ TORNADO WATCH 243 FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI HAS EXPIRED. THERE IS STILL A THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...BUT THE THREAT FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR TONIGHT. 43/08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 50 min |
| Apr 17, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 6:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 7:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 7:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 36 min |
| Apr 18, 8:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 8:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 51 min |
| Apr 18, 8:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 8:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 20 min |
| Apr 18, 9:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 10:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Rankin, Simpson | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Simpson | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 32 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.