Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1998, 8:57 PM CST for Webster County, Mississippi. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 1998, 8:57 PM CST (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1998, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Webster County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 110257 RRA SVRJAN MSC019-099-159-105-155-110400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 857 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...EASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NESHOBA COUNTY...WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...OKTIBBEHA COUNTY...EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY AT 856 PM CST JACKSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EUPORA TO JUST WEST OF ACKERMAN TO 15 MILES EAST OF KOSCIUSKO TO EDINBURG MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH LOUISVILLE AND PHILADELPHIA BY 930 PM CST AND THE STARKVILLE AREA BY 950 PM CST. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. MUCH DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE EARLIER TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. < 78
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, Feb 10, 3:35 PM CST, 5 hours 22 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ001>067-072>076-078-079- 110530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 335 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 ...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES TONIGHT... ...A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORNADOES EXISTS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR AREA LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT... A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT IS NOW RACING ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MONROE TO ALEXANDRIA TO BATON ROUGE IN LOUISIANA HAS PRODUCED SURFACE WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 100 MPH WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE. THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND SWEEP ACROSS MISSISSIPPI THROUGH EARLY TO LATE EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THIS EVENING AS SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS INCREASE OVER THE DEEP SOUTH TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH TONIGHT. BOATERS ARE DISCOURAGED FROM VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES TONIGHT AS WATERS WILL BE UNSETTLED AND CHOPPY. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY AWARE OF THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THROUGH TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA...TELEVISION OR CABLE T.V. FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 3:35 PM CST, 5 hours 22 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ001>067-072>076-078-079- 110530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 335 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 ...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES TONIGHT... ...A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORNADOES EXISTS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR AREA LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT... A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT IS NOW RACING ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MONROE TO ALEXANDRIA TO BATON ROUGE IN LOUISIANA HAS PRODUCED SURFACE WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 100 MPH WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE. THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND SWEEP ACROSS MISSISSIPPI THROUGH EARLY TO LATE EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THIS EVENING AS SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS INCREASE OVER THE DEEP SOUTH TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH TONIGHT. BOATERS ARE DISCOURAGED FROM VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES TONIGHT AS WATERS WILL BE UNSETTLED AND CHOPPY. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY AWARE OF THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THROUGH TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA...TELEVISION OR CABLE T.V. FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 8:47 PM CST, 10 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ010-018-019-025-027-034>036- 040>042-047-048-053-059>061-110345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 847 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 ...WEST MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCHES NO. 31 AND NO.32... THE BAND OF STORMS THAT PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER IN WEST MISSISSIPPI EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS MOVED INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. COUNTIES NO LONGER IN THE WATCH ARE THOSE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CLARKSDALE TO CARROLLTON TO JACKSON TO BUDE.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 8:47 PM CST, 10 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ010-018-019-025-027-034>036- 040>042-047-048-053-059>061-110345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 847 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 ...WEST MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCHES NO. 31 AND NO.32... THE BAND OF STORMS THAT PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER IN WEST MISSISSIPPI EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS MOVED INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. COUNTIES NO LONGER IN THE WATCH ARE THOSE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CLARKSDALE TO CARROLLTON TO JACKSON TO BUDE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 6:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Yazoo | 42 min |
| Feb 10, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 66 min |
| Feb 10, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 66 min |
| Feb 10, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 66 min |
| Feb 10, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 66 min |
| Feb 10, 6:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Leflore | 47 min |
| Feb 10, 6:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 38 min |
| Feb 10, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 45 min |
| Feb 10, 6:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 32 min |
| Feb 10, 7:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 66 min |
| Feb 10, 7:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 66 min |
| Feb 10, 7:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 66 min |
| Feb 10, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 45 min |
| Feb 10, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 45 min |
| Feb 10, 8:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 38 min |
| Feb 10, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 45 min |
| Feb 10, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 45 min |
| Feb 10, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 50 min |
| Feb 10, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 50 min |
| Feb 10, 8:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 36 min |
| Feb 10, 8:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Neshoba, Oktibbeha, Winston | 63 min |
| Feb 10, 9:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 34 min |
| Feb 10, 9:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 54 min |
| Feb 10, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 45 min |
| Feb 10, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 47 min |
| Feb 10, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 41 min |
| Feb 10, 10:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 38 min |
| Feb 10, 10:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.