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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Jackson, MS

May 3, 1998Franklin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1998, 3:53 PM CDT for Franklin 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
May 3, 1998, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 1998, 4:25 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 3, 4:08 PM CDTHail 0.75Meadville, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 3, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1998-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1998-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 270 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 032053 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC037-032125-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
353 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 425 PM CDT

* AT 352 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MEADVILLE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PAvTH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MEADVILLE                   BY 400 PM CDT
  BUDE                        BY 405 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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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

Special weather statement, May 3, 10:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072>
074-040400-

AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1020 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 1998

THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION IS MOIST AND RATHER UNSTABLE THIS MORNING.
A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH NORTH
LOUISIANA AND INTO EAST TEXAS. AS THIS FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE
DAY...IT WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
WHILE AN ORGANIZED SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ISOLATED SEVERE
STORMS COULD DEVELOP. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL.

AT THIS TIME...ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT SPOTTERS
AND SAFETY OFFICIALS IN THE SOUTH AND EAST SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT:
HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US           /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 2:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo47 min
May 3, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison34 min
May 3, 1:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln47 min
May 3, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson34 min
May 3, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis33 min
May 3, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah31 min
May 3, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Smith51 min
May 3, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln49 min
May 3, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANItawamba20 min
May 3, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones49 min
May 3, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke48 min
May 3, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson, Smith48 min
May 3, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper48 min
May 3, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Franklin33 min
May 3, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln35 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.