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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 355, NWS Jackson, MS

June 14, 1998Attala County, Choctaw County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1998, 11:46 PM CDT for Attala County, Choctaw County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 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 14, 1998, 11:46 PM CDT (04:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 1998, 12:50 AM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Attala County, MS, Choctaw County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 14, 11:50 PM CDT	Hail 2.5	French Camp, MS	Many automobiles and roofs were damaged.
Jun 15, 12:10 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Ethel, MS	Several trees 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 2158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 12.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 150446 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC007-019-150550-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1146 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1250 AM CDT

* AT 1145 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
  WEST OF ACKERMAN OR 2 MILES WEST OF FRENCH CAMP MOVING EAST AT 40
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  FRENCH CAMP                 BY 1148 PM CDT
  WEIR                        BY 1150 PM CDT
  ACKERMAN                    BY 1155 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	50 min
Jun 15, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	34 min
Jun 15, 2:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	50 min
Jun 15, 4:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale, Newton	33 min
Jun 15, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	51 min
Jun 15, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sharkey	51 min
Jun 15, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena	35 min
Jun 15, 4:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Yazoo	50 min
Jun 15, 4:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	36 min
Jun 15, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys	34 min
Jun 15, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes	49 min
Jun 15, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll	35 min
Jun 15, 5:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	34 min
Jun 15, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sharkey	36 min
Jun 15, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	48 min
Jun 15, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	50 min
Jun 15, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	50 min
Jun 15, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys	51 min
Jun 15, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Scott	48 min
Jun 15, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Montgomery	50 min
Jun 15, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	33 min
Jun 15, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sharkey	51 min
Jun 15, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	48 min
Jun 15, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	51 min
Jun 15, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	49 min
Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Yazoo	32 min
Jun 15, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada	33 min
Jun 15, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes	47 min
Jun 15, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys	48 min
Jun 15, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	34 min
Jun 15, 6:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	47 min
Jun 15, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	50 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.