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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Jackson, MS

April 28, 1998Lamar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1998, 4:04 AM CDT for Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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
Apr 28, 1998, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 1998, 4:55 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lamar County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 28, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 108 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1998-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1110 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1998-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 4 hours 46 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 SHERIFF
Local storm report, Apr 27, 11:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 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 SHERIFF
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower47 min
Apr 27, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSunflower33 min
Apr 27, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore48 min
Apr 28, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams45 min
Apr 28, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson45 min
Apr 28, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren46 min
Apr 28, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds48 min
Apr 28, 1:46 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds34 min
Apr 28, 1:55 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison35 min
Apr 28, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison34 min
Apr 28, 3:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion46 min
Apr 28, 4:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest48 min
Apr 27, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula46 min
Apr 27, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin48 min
Apr 27, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Franklin47 min
Apr 27, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANTensas44 min
Apr 27, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin47 min
Apr 27, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison45 min
Apr 27, 11:48 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia47 min
Apr 27, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison33 min
Apr 27, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia, Tensas51 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.