Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 348, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 9:59 PM CDT for Jasper County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1998, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jasper County, MS, Smith County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 10:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylorsville, MS | Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| Jun 5, 10:30 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, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 060259 RRA SVRJAN MSC061-129-060345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 959 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 957 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MONTROSE TO NEAR RALEIGH MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... PAULDING AT 1010 PM BAY SPRINGS AT 1010 PM TAYLORSVILLE AT 1005 PM AT 953 PM 60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN MENDENHALL. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. 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
Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
520 PM CDT FRI JUN 05 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 AM LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 RICHLAND TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE PARISH
1130 AM LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 WEST CARROLL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE PARISH
1131 AM WISNER LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 FRANKLIN TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED
1145 AM LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 EAST CARROLL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE PARISH
1200 PM 1 W FERRIDAY LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 CONCORDIA POWERLINES DOWNED
1200 PM MAYERSVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 ISSAQUENA TREES DOWNED
0115 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 GRENADA TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY
0115 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 MONTGOMERY TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED
0130 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 RANKIN TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
0130 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 SCOTT TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY
0145 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 NESHOBA TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED ACROSS THE COUNTY
0200 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 NOXUBEE TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY...MOBILE HOME
DESTROYED...SEVERAL HOMES
SUFFERED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
0205 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 NEWTON TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED
0300 PM 5 SE MERIDIAN MS .88 INCH HAIL
06/05/98 LAUDERDALE
0250 PM QUITMAN MS TREES DOWNED
CLARKELocal storm report, Jun 5, 5:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
520 PM CDT FRI JUN 05 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 AM LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 RICHLAND TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE PARISH
1130 AM LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 WEST CARROLL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE PARISH
1131 AM WISNER LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 FRANKLIN TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED
1145 AM LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 EAST CARROLL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE PARISH
1200 PM 1 W FERRIDAY LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 CONCORDIA POWERLINES DOWNED
1200 PM MAYERSVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 ISSAQUENA TREES DOWNED
0115 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 GRENADA TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY
0115 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 MONTGOMERY TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED
0130 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 RANKIN TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
0130 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 SCOTT TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY
0145 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 NESHOBA TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED ACROSS THE COUNTY
0200 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 NOXUBEE TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY...MOBILE HOME
DESTROYED...SEVERAL HOMES
SUFFERED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
0205 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 NEWTON TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWNED
0300 PM 5 SE MERIDIAN MS .88 INCH HAIL
06/05/98 LAUDERDALE
0250 PM QUITMAN MS TREES DOWNED
CLARKESpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 7:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 710 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514 HAS EXPIRED... ...STILL A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... THE LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON HAS NOW MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD AGAIN BECOME SEVERE...AND FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES COULD BE NEEDED ACROSS THE ALREA TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL NEWS MEDIA...OR CABLE TV FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 710 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514 HAS EXPIRED... ...STILL A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... THE LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON HAS NOW MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD AGAIN BECOME SEVERE...AND FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES COULD BE NEEDED ACROSS THE ALREA TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL NEWS MEDIA...OR CABLE TV FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:55 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
955 PM CDT FRI JUN 05 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0740 PM BASKIN LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN
0800 PM LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 CATAHOULA TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT PARISH...
ENTIRE PARISH WITHOUT
POWER
0820 PM LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 CONCORDIA TREES ANDN POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE PARISH
0842 PM NATCHEZ MS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/98 ADAMS REPORTED BY CD OFFICE
0845 PM 5 S NATCHEZ MS TORNADO
06/05/98 ADAMS POSSIBLE TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN...NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 61
0940 PM BOGUE CHITTO MS 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/98 LINCOLN
0953 PM MENDENHALL MS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/98 SIMPSONLocal storm report, Jun 5, 9:55 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
955 PM CDT FRI JUN 05 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0740 PM BASKIN LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN
0800 PM LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 CATAHOULA TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT PARISH...
ENTIRE PARISH WITHOUT
POWER
0820 PM LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 CONCORDIA TREES ANDN POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE PARISH
0842 PM NATCHEZ MS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/98 ADAMS REPORTED BY CD OFFICE
0845 PM 5 S NATCHEZ MS TORNADO
06/05/98 ADAMS POSSIBLE TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN...NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 61
0940 PM BOGUE CHITTO MS 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/98 LINCOLN
0953 PM MENDENHALL MS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/98 SIMPSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 11:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 19 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.