Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 435, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1998, 3:42 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1998, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bolivar County, MS, Washington County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 63 | Greenville, MS | Several buildings sustained roof damage. A set of bleachers were destroyed at a race track. Several power lines and trees were blown down, and some trees fell on cars. |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
050 WUUS1 KJAN 012041 SVRJAN MSC011-151-012130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 342 PM CDT WED JUL 1 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 342 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... GREENVILLE...NOW CLEVELAND BY 400 PM 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 42 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 42 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, 48 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, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 50 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.