Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Feb 10, 1998, 6:09 PM CST (00:09 UTC)

Expired

Feb 10, 1998, 7:15 PM CST

In force

66 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Humphreys County, MS, Sunflower County, 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.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 110008 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC029-049-089-133-037-053-110115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
609 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...COPIAH COUNTY...HINDS COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SUNFLOWER COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HUMPHREYS COUNTY
 
AT 608 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NEAR CLEVELAND THROUGH VICKSBURG TO NEAR NATCHEZ. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THE
JACKSON METROPOLITAN AREA BY 645 PM.
 
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN
CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.