Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1998, 1:27 AM CDT for Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 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 29, 1998, 1:27 AM CDT (06:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1998, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chicot County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1:35 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Vlg, AR | Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
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 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1879 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 290626 RRA SVRJAN ARC017-290715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 127 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 125 AM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE OR 3 MILES NORTH OF LAKE VILAGE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT SMALLER COMMUNITIES AND RURAL AREAS. * IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN THAT MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 65
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, May 28, 11:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1100 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0709 PM 2 N INDIANOLA MS 1 INCH HAIL
05/28/98 SUNFLOWER REPORTED BY LEFLORE S.O.
0828 PM STRINGER MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/98 JASPER REPORTED BY MERIDIAN MHP
0840 PM TAYLORSVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
05/28/98 SMITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
8 NE TAYLORSVILLE ON HWY
531 REPORTED BY MERIDIAN
MHP
0840 PM 3 S MIZE MS WIND DAMAGE
05/28/98 SMITH TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN..REPORTED BY MERIDIAN
MHP
0840 PM 4 W MIZE MS WIND DAMAGE
05/28/98 SMITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ON HWY 28..REPORTED BY
MERIDIAN MHP
0845 PM BROWNSVILLE MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/98 HINDS REPORTED BY HINDS S.O.
0630 PM SWIFTOWN MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/28/98 LEFLORE REPORTED BY GREENWOOD MHPLocal storm report, May 28, 11:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1100 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0709 PM 2 N INDIANOLA MS 1 INCH HAIL
05/28/98 SUNFLOWER REPORTED BY LEFLORE S.O.
0828 PM STRINGER MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/98 JASPER REPORTED BY MERIDIAN MHP
0840 PM TAYLORSVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
05/28/98 SMITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
8 NE TAYLORSVILLE ON HWY
531 REPORTED BY MERIDIAN
MHP
0840 PM 3 S MIZE MS WIND DAMAGE
05/28/98 SMITH TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN..REPORTED BY MERIDIAN
MHP
0840 PM 4 W MIZE MS WIND DAMAGE
05/28/98 SMITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ON HWY 28..REPORTED BY
MERIDIAN MHP
0845 PM BROWNSVILLE MS .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/98 HINDS REPORTED BY HINDS S.O.
0630 PM SWIFTOWN MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/28/98 LEFLORE REPORTED BY GREENWOOD MHPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 4:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 33 min |
| May 29, 5:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Chicot | 92 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 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.