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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 421, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1998, 7:27 PM CDT for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1998, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hinds County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Utica, MS | |
| Jun 22, 7:50 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Learned, 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 3011 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
158 WUUS1 KJAN 230026 RRA SVRJAN MSC049-230115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 727 PM CDT MON JUN 22 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 725 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED TWO RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ONE OVER UTICA AND THE OTHER BETWEEN UTICA AND TERRY. THE STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HIGHWAY 18 BETWEEN UTICA AND RAYMOND AND HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN UTICA AND THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY THROUGH 745 PM. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS 75
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 36 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.