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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 429, NWS Jackson, MS

July 1, 1998Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1998, 2:36 PM CDT for Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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
Jul 1, 1998, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1998, 3:10 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson Davis County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 2:46 PM CDTHail 1Bassfield, 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 1998-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2507 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 1998-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
2507 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Jul 1, 10:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-
072>074-020400-

AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1000 AM CDT WED JUL 01 1998

A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN GEORGIA WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH
THURSDAY. THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS MECHANISM AND
COUPLED WITH DAYTIME SURFACE HEATING AND A MOISTURE RICH AIRMASS IN
PLACE...WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL
AND SOUTH.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR.

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 WEB SITE AT:
HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US    /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 10:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-
072>074-020400-

AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1000 AM CDT WED JUL 01 1998

A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN GEORGIA WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH
THURSDAY. THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS MECHANISM AND
COUPLED WITH DAYTIME SURFACE HEATING AND A MOISTURE RICH AIRMASS IN
PLACE...WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL
AND SOUTH.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR.

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 WEB 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest35 min
Jul 1, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington48 min
Jul 1, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sunflower49 min
Jul 1, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore33 min
Jul 1, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes49 min
Jul 1, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes48 min
Jul 1, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake49 min
Jul 1, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott48 min
Jul 1, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin50 min
Jul 1, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse35 min
Jul 1, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland, West Carroll50 min
Jul 1, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison46 min
Jul 1, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland45 min
Jul 1, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison47 min
Jul 1, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley35 min
Jul 1, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot35 min
Jul 1, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot33 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.