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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 417, NWS Jackson, MS

June 22, 1998Adams County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1998, 5:16 PM CDT for Adams County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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 22, 1998, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1998, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Adams County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 5:25 PM CDTHail 1Natchez, MS
Jun 22, 5:30 PM CDTHail 1.75Natchez, MSMinor damage was done to some automobiles.

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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1998-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1733 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1998-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -61 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1733 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

374 
WUUS1 KJAN 222215 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC001-222245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
516 PM CDT MON JUN 22 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 515 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF NATCHEZ MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT SMALLER COMMUNITIES AND RURAL AREAS.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee35 min
Jun 22, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson33 min
Jun 22, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah32 min
Jun 22, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah48 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.