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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Jackson, MS

February 10, 1998Carroll County, Grenada County, Montgomery County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1998, 7:30 PM CST for Carroll County, Grenada County, Montgomery County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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
Feb 10, 1998, 7:30 PM CST (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 1998, 8:15 PM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Montgomery County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 10, 8:00 PM CSTThunderstorm WindCarrollton, MSThe roof of a large building was torn off by strong wind.

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
Feb 10, 5:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1998-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1998-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 285 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
372 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

161 
WUUS1 KJAN 110129 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC007-015-097-043-110215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
730 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...ATTALA COUNTY...CARROLL COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...GRENADA COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM CST JACKSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM GRENADA TO CARROLLTON TO LEXINGTON MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH GRENADA
AND WINONA BY 745 PM CST AND THROUGH KOSCIUSKO BY 800 PM CST. WIND GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN
CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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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, Feb 10, 3:35 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ001>067-072>076-078-079-
110530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
335 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998

...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES TONIGHT...

...A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORNADOES EXISTS OVER
PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT...

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR AREA LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT...

A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT IS NOW RACING ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A LINE
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MONROE TO ALEXANDRIA TO BATON
ROUGE IN LOUISIANA HAS PRODUCED SURFACE WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 100 MPH WITH
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE. THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND SWEEP ACROSS
MISSISSIPPI THROUGH EARLY TO LATE EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THIS EVENING AS SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS
INCREASE OVER THE DEEP SOUTH TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
THROUGH TONIGHT. BOATERS ARE DISCOURAGED FROM VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES
TONIGHT AS WATERS WILL BE UNSETTLED AND CHOPPY.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
STAY AWARE OF THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THROUGH TONIGHT. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...THE LOCAL
NEWS MEDIA...TELEVISION OR CABLE T.V. FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 3:35 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ001>067-072>076-078-079-
110530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
335 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998

...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES TONIGHT...

...A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORNADOES EXISTS OVER
PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT...

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR AREA LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT...

A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT IS NOW RACING ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A LINE
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MONROE TO ALEXANDRIA TO BATON
ROUGE IN LOUISIANA HAS PRODUCED SURFACE WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 100 MPH WITH
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE. THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND SWEEP ACROSS
MISSISSIPPI THROUGH EARLY TO LATE EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THIS EVENING AS SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS
INCREASE OVER THE DEEP SOUTH TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
THROUGH TONIGHT. BOATERS ARE DISCOURAGED FROM VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES
TONIGHT AS WATERS WILL BE UNSETTLED AND CHOPPY.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
STAY AWARE OF THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THROUGH TONIGHT. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...THE LOCAL
NEWS MEDIA...TELEVISION OR CABLE T.V. FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 6:03 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSharkey, Yazoo42 min
Feb 10, 6:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds66 min
Feb 10, 6:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin66 min
Feb 10, 6:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sunflower66 min
Feb 10, 6:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison66 min
Feb 10, 6:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Leflore47 min
Feb 10, 6:37 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeflore38 min
Feb 10, 6:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo45 min
Feb 10, 6:58 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Grenada32 min
Feb 10, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes66 min
Feb 10, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin66 min
Feb 10, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah66 min
Feb 10, 7:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala45 min
Feb 10, 8:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson38 min
Feb 10, 8:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Webster45 min
Feb 10, 8:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala45 min
Feb 10, 8:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott50 min
Feb 10, 8:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin50 min
Feb 10, 8:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln36 min
Feb 10, 8:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Neshoba, Oktibbeha, Winston63 min
Feb 10, 8:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster63 min
Feb 10, 9:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion34 min
Feb 10, 9:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis54 min
Feb 10, 9:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar45 min
Feb 10, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton47 min
Feb 10, 10:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones41 min
Feb 10, 10:22 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Jones38 min
Feb 10, 10:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.