Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 433, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1998, 3:32 PM CDT for Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1998, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1998, 4:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chicot County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
991 WUUS1 KJAN 012031 SVRJAN ARC017-012105- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 332 PM CDT WED JUL 1 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 405 PM CDT * AT 331 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF EUDORA OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE VILAGE MOVING SOUTH 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 68
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, 5 hours 32 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, 5 hours 32 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/
Local storm report, Jul 1, 2:54 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
254 PM CDT WED JUL 01 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0225 PM 2 NE PETAL MS .88 INCH HAIL
07/01/98 FORREST REPORTED BY EOC
0246 PM BASSFIELD MS 1 INCH HAIL
07/01/98 JEFFERSON DAVIS REPORTED BY POLICE DEPTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.