Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1998, 7:04 PM CDT for Issaquena County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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 15, 1998, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1998, 7:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Issaquena County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:27 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Fitler, MS | |
| Jun 15, 7:50 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Fitler, MS |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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 160002 RRA SVRJAN MSC055-160040- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 704 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 740 PM CDT * AT 703 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAYERSVILLE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT SMALLER COMMUNITIES AND RURAL AREAS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. 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, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 49 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.