Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 403, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1998, 4:00 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 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 16, 1998, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1998, 4:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lauderdale County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:25 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Meridian, 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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 727 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
903 WUUS1 KJAN 162058 RRA SVRJAN MSC075-162150- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 400 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 450 PM CDT * AT 359 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MERIDIAN BY 425 PM CDT MARION BY 435 PM CDT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS 64
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 16, 10:00 AM CDT, 6 hours before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-170400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1998 A STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING...BUT THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT HELPED TRIGGER SEVERE WEATHER MONDAY HAS MOVED WELL TO THE EAST OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A FEW AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI TODAY...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH 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 16, 10:00 AM CDT, 6 hours before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-170400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1998 A STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING...BUT THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT HELPED TRIGGER SEVERE WEATHER MONDAY HAS MOVED WELL TO THE EAST OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A FEW AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI TODAY...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/
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, 7:04 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 |
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.