Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1998, 11:59 PM CDT for Concordia Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 51 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 27, 1998, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1998, 12:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Concordia Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 12:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferriday, LA | Many trees were blown down throughout the parrish. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1003 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
790 WUUS1 KJAN 280501 RRA SVRJAN LAC029-107-280550- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1159 PM CDT MON APR 27 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA TENSAS PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA * UNTIL 1250 AM CDT * AT 1158 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT JOSEPH OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATERPROOF... INDICATED BY JACKSON WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... WATERPROOF BY 1215 AM CDT SAINT JOSEPH BY 1235 AM CDT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS 72
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 27, 11:18 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1118 PM CDT MON APR 27 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0345 PM EUPORA MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/27/98 WEBSTER 2S EUPORA DIME SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY MISS HIGHWAY
PATROL
0650 PM SCOTT MS 2.75 INCH HAIL
04/27/98 BOLIVAR BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED 1 MILE NORTH OF
SCOTT BY BOLIVAR SHERIFF
0715 PM SHAW MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/27/98 BOLIVAR DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
NEAR SHAW BY BOLIVAR
SHERIFF
0755 PM RULEVILLE MS 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/27/98 SUNFLOWER HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
REPORTED AT RULEVILLE BY
SUNFLOWER SHERIFF
0910 PM RULEVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
04/27/98 SUNFLOWER QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
SEVERAL TREES REPORTED
DOWN AND PORCH BLOWN OFF
MOBILE HOME NEAR RULEVILLE
REPORTED BY SUNFLOWER
SHERIFF
0945 PM HARRISONBURG LA .5 INCH HAIL
04/27/98 CATAHOULA QUITE A BIT OF MARBLE SIZE
HAIL REPORTED IN
HARRISONBURG BY CATAHOULA
PARISH SHERIFF
1045 PM GILBERT LA 1 INCH HAIL
04/27/98 FRANKLIN NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL COVERED THE GROUND 7E
GILBERT REPORTED BY
FRANKLIN PARISH SHERIFFLocal storm report, Apr 27, 11:18 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1118 PM CDT MON APR 27 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0345 PM EUPORA MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/27/98 WEBSTER 2S EUPORA DIME SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY MISS HIGHWAY
PATROL
0650 PM SCOTT MS 2.75 INCH HAIL
04/27/98 BOLIVAR BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED 1 MILE NORTH OF
SCOTT BY BOLIVAR SHERIFF
0715 PM SHAW MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/27/98 BOLIVAR DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
NEAR SHAW BY BOLIVAR
SHERIFF
0755 PM RULEVILLE MS 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/27/98 SUNFLOWER HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
REPORTED AT RULEVILLE BY
SUNFLOWER SHERIFF
0910 PM RULEVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
04/27/98 SUNFLOWER QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
SEVERAL TREES REPORTED
DOWN AND PORCH BLOWN OFF
MOBILE HOME NEAR RULEVILLE
REPORTED BY SUNFLOWER
SHERIFF
0945 PM HARRISONBURG LA .5 INCH HAIL
04/27/98 CATAHOULA QUITE A BIT OF MARBLE SIZE
HAIL REPORTED IN
HARRISONBURG BY CATAHOULA
PARISH SHERIFF
1045 PM GILBERT LA 1 INCH HAIL
04/27/98 FRANKLIN NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL COVERED THE GROUND 7E
GILBERT REPORTED BY
FRANKLIN PARISH SHERIFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Franklin | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 11:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 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.