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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 449, NWS Jackson, MS

July 5, 1998Lauderdale County, Newton County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1998, 5:11 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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 5, 1998, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1998, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lauderdale County, MS, Newton County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 1998-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1727 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 1998-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
1727 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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.

251 
WUUS1 KJAN 052209 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC075-101-052300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
511 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 510 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF DECATUR OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLLINSVILLE MOVING
  SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  COLLINSVILLE                BY 520 PM CDT
  NELLIEBURG                  BY 535 PM CDT
  MERIDIAN                    BY 540 PM CDT
  DECATUR                     BY 540 PM CDT

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
Jul 5, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper31 min
Jul 5, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.