Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 359, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1998, 3:14 PM CDT for East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 36 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, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1998, 3:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County East Carroll Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 3:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, LA | Trees and power lines were blown down throughout the parish. |
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 12:00Z, 8.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 15, 10:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-160400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1015 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 A COLD FRONT WAS LYING ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING...WITH VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR TO ITS SOUTH. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH NORTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT AND HELP DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND MISSISSIPPI TODAY...BUT MORE ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-160400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1015 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 A COLD FRONT WAS LYING ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING...WITH VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR TO ITS SOUTH. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH NORTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT AND HELP DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND MISSISSIPPI TODAY...BUT MORE ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/
Local storm report, Jun 15, 11:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1145 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 AM STEWART MS WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 MONTGOMERY TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
BY MONTGOMERY SO.
1210 AM 6 E ETHEL MS WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 ATTALA TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
BY THE PUBLIC.Local storm report, Jun 15, 11:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1145 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 AM STEWART MS WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 MONTGOMERY TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
BY MONTGOMERY SO.
1210 AM 6 E ETHEL MS WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 ATTALA TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
BY THE PUBLIC.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 14, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 64 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 |
| Jun 15, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | West Carroll | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 35 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.