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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Jackson, MS

June 5, 1998Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 1:58 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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: Jun 5, 1998, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 1998, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Lauderdale County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 5, 2:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide, MS	Numerous trees were blown down across the county.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 5, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 051858 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC075-051945-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 157 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
  FROM 10 MILES WEST OF DEKALB TO NEAR NEWTON MOVING EAST AT 45
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR MERIDIAN BY 225 PM.

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

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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, Jun 5, 10:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072>
074-060400-

AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1040 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT..

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH
ARKANSAS.  A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH A VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS DURING
THE HEAT OF THE DAY.  THE PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN
THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO
POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINS MAY ALSO CAUSE LOCALIZED TEMPORARY FLOODING.

A LARGE CLUSTER OF STORMS OVER NORTH LOUISIANA WILL BE DEVELOPING
EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ANYTIME AFTER ABOUT NOON.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERS|ONNEL IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NIGHT.

FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE AT:

       HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US          (IN LOWER CASE)

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 10:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072>
074-060400-

AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1040 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT..

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH
ARKANSAS.  A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH A VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS DURING
THE HEAT OF THE DAY.  THE PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN
THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO
POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINS MAY ALSO CAUSE LOCALIZED TEMPORARY FLOODING.

A LARGE CLUSTER OF STORMS OVER NORTH LOUISIANA WILL BE DEVELOPING
EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ANYTIME AFTER ABOUT NOON.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERS|ONNEL IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NIGHT.

FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE AT:

       HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US          (IN LOWER CASE)

Local storm report, Jun 5, 1:21 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
121 PM CDT FRI JUN 05 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

1055 AM    BASTROP                   LA   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   MOREHOUSE                      NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          PARISH

1200 PM    VICKSBURG                 MS   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   WARREN                         NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN AND 3/4 INCH
                                          HAIL REPORTED BY S.O. AND
                                          AMATEUR RADIO

1230 PM    5 N FLORA                 MS   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   MADISON                        SEVERAL TREES DOWN, 45 MPH
                                          WIND REPORTED BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO OPERATORS

1240 PM    MADISON                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   MADISON                        SEVERAL TREES DOWN

1245 PM    LEXINGTON                 MS   TORNADO
06/05/98   HOLMES                         PUBLIC REPORT PASSING
                                          OVERHEAD RELAYED BY
                                          GREENWOOD MHP

1245 PM    PARCHMAN                  MS   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/98   SUNFLOWER                      RELAYED REPORT THROUGH
                                          SUNFLOWER S.O.

0100 PM    5 W JACKSON               MS   .75 INCH HAIL
06/05/98   HINDS                          METROCENTER ALSO WINDS OF
                                          45 MPH REPORTED IN TERRY
                                          BY AMATEUR RADIO

0115 PM    YAZOO CITY                MS   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   YAZOO                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
                                          INCLUDING DAMAGE TO A
                                   l       MOBILE HOME(LOCATION UNK)

Local storm report, Jun 5, 1:21 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
121 PM CDT FRI JUN 05 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

1055 AM    BASTROP                   LA   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   MOREHOUSE                      NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          PARISH

1200 PM    VICKSBURG                 MS   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   WARREN                         NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN AND 3/4 INCH
                                          HAIL REPORTED BY S.O. AND
                                          AMATEUR RADIO

1230 PM    5 N FLORA                 MS   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   MADISON                        SEVERAL TREES DOWN, 45 MPH
                                          WIND REPORTED BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO OPERATORS

1240 PM    MADISON                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   MADISON                        SEVERAL TREES DOWN

1245 PM    LEXINGTON                 MS   TORNADO
06/05/98   HOLMES                         PUBLIC REPORT PASSING
                                          OVERHEAD RELAYED BY
                                          GREENWOOD MHP

1245 PM    PARCHMAN                  MS   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/98   SUNFLOWER                      RELAYED REPORT THROUGH
                                          SUNFLOWER S.O.

0100 PM    5 W JACKSON               MS   .75 INCH HAIL
06/05/98   HINDS                          METROCENTER ALSO WINDS OF
                                          45 MPH REPORTED IN TERRY
                                          BY AMATEUR RADIO

0115 PM    YAZOO CITY                MS   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98   YAZOO                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
                                          INCLUDING DAMAGE TO A
                                   l       MOBILE HOME(LOCATION UNK)

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	45 min
Jun 5, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	51 min
Jun 5, 2:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada, Leflore	48 min
Jun 5, 3:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	50 min
Jun 5, 3:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sharkey	50 min
Jun 5, 11:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	49 min
Jun 5, 11:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	50 min
Jun 5, 11:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	46 min
Jun 5, 11:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower	50 min
Jun 5, 12:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson	47 min
Jun 5, 12:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	50 min
Jun 5, 12:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys	47 min
Jun 5, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore	48 min
Jun 5, 12:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	64 min
Jun 5, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes	48 min
Jun 5, 12:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	50 min
Jun 5, 12:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes	36 min
Jun 5, 12:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala	52 min
Jun 5, 12:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll	49 min
Jun 5, 12:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	49 min
Jun 5, 12:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada	47 min
Jun 5, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	50 min
Jun 5, 12:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	48 min
Jun 5, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	49 min
Jun 5, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Winston	46 min
Jun 5, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Webster	46 min
Jun 5, 1:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	47 min
Jun 5, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	47 min
Jun 5, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	46 min
Jun 5, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	47 min
Jun 5, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	46 min
Jun 5, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	48 min
Jun 5, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	47 min
Jun 5, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1998 Every 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.