Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 384, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1998, 7:01 PM CDT for Attala County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1998, 7:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Attala County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, MS | Many trees were blown down throughout 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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 3337 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 17.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 152359 RRA SVRJAN MSC007-160050- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 701 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 750 PM CDT * AT 700 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES WEST OF KOSCIUSKO MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MC ADAMS BY 715 PM DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! 64
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 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.