Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1998, 6:19 PM CDT for Issaquena County, Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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 26, 1998, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1998, 7:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Issaquena County, MS, Washington County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenville, MS | Power lines and large limbs were blown down across the city. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
359 WUUS1 KJAN 262320 RRA SVRJAN MSC055-151-270005- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 619 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 705 PM CDT * AT 616 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAYERSVILLE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS INDICATED ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALLEY PARK. * THIS STORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT SMALLER COMMUNITIES AND RURAL AREAS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS 75
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 26, 1:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-270400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 132 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1998 SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO TRANSPORT WARM AND MOIST AIR ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE TO THE NORTH OF A STARKVILLE TO KOSCIUSKO TO YAZOO CITY TO WINNSBORO LOUISIANA LINE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS OR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE AT HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US /IN LOWER CASE/
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 46 min |
Nearby
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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.