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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Jackson, MS

June 5, 1998Adams County, Claiborne County, Jefferson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 12:03 PM CDT for Adams County, Claiborne County, Jefferson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1998, 12:03 PM CDT (17:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1998, 12:50 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adams County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Jefferson County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 10:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 1998-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1507 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 1998-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 490 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1507 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
490 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
567 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
16.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 051703 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC001-021-063-051750-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1203 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1250 PM CDT

* AT 1201 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
  15 MILES WEST OF FAYETTE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE FOLLOWING LOCATION IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...
  FAYETTE                   BY 1215 PM CDT
  PORT GIBSON               BY 1215 PM CDT
  NATCHEZ                r   BY 1210 PM CDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower45 min
Jun 5, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington51 min
Jun 5, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Leflore48 min
Jun 5, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena50 min
Jun 5, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey50 min
Jun 5, 11:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey49 min
Jun 5, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington50 min
Jun 5, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren46 min
Jun 5, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower50 min
Jun 5, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo50 min
Jun 5, 12:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys47 min
Jun 5, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore48 min
Jun 5, 12:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds64 min
Jun 5, 12:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes48 min
Jun 5, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison50 min
Jun 5, 12:34 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes36 min
Jun 5, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala52 min
Jun 5, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll49 min
Jun 5, 12:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin49 min
Jun 5, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada47 min
Jun 5, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake50 min
Jun 5, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery48 min
Jun 5, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott49 min
Jun 5, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Winston46 min
Jun 5, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster46 min
Jun 5, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba47 min
Jun 5, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith47 min
Jun 5, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha46 min
Jun 5, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton47 min
Jun 5, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee46 min
Jun 5, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale47 min
Jun 5, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper48 min
Jun 5, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke47 min
Jun 5, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.