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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Jackson, MS

May 9, 1998Attala County, Choctaw County, Montgomery County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1998, 5:11 PM CDT for Attala County, Choctaw County, Montgomery County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. 3 reports 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 9, 1998, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1998, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Attala County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Montgomery County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 5:40 PM CDTHail 0.88Kosciusko, MS
May 9, 5:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Ackerman, MS
May 9, 5:45 PM CDTHail 0.75Ackerman, 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 9, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1998-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 303 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
533 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington31 min
May 9, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington35 min
May 9, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes32 min
May 9, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Choctaw34 min
May 9, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha34 min
May 9, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWinston20 min
May 9, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNoxubee33 min
May 9, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston33 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.