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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 358, NWS Jackson, MS

June 15, 1998Lauderdale County, Newton County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1998, 4:32 AM CDT for Lauderdale County, Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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 15, 1998, 4:32 AM CDT (09:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1998, 5:05 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lauderdale County, MS, Newton County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 4:55 AM CDTThunderstorm WindMeridian, MSSeveral trees and large limbs 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2158 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery50 min
Jun 14, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw64 min
Jun 15, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds34 min
Jun 15, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin50 min
Jun 15, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena51 min
Jun 15, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey51 min
Jun 15, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena35 min
Jun 15, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo50 min
Jun 15, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison36 min
Jun 15, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys34 min
Jun 15, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes49 min
Jun 15, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll35 min
Jun 15, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison34 min
Jun 15, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey36 min
Jun 15, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin48 min
Jun 15, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake50 min
Jun 15, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale50 min
Jun 15, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys51 min
Jun 15, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningJANScott48 min
Jun 15, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery50 min
Jun 15, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba33 min
Jun 15, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey51 min
Jun 15, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo48 min
Jun 15, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper51 min
Jun 15, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton49 min
Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo32 min
Jun 15, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada33 min
Jun 15, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes47 min
Jun 15, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys48 min
Jun 15, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott34 min
Jun 15, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale47 min
Jun 15, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Leflore50 min
Jun 15, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll36 min
Jun 15, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse51 min
Jun 15, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWest Carroll35 min
Jun 15, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll32 min
Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley35 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.