Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 1998, 9:52 AM CST for Concordia Parish, Louisiana; Adams County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 min. 3 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
- Feb 26, 1998, 9:52 AM CST (15:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 1998, 10:30 AM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Concordia Parish, LA, Adams County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 10:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | St Genevieve, LA | The roofs of several houses were blown off. Many houses had shingles blown off of the roofs. Numerous trees were blown down. |
| Feb 26, 10:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferriday, LA | The roof of a bowling alley was completely blown off. |
| Feb 26, 10:10 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Natchez, MS | An intense line of thunderstorms or bow echo configuration moved across the Mississippi River and struck the city of Natchez. Strong outflow from the bow echo produced estimated winds of 80 to 100 miles an hour in the city. These strong winds damaged many of t |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
592 WUUS1 KJAN 261553 RRA SVRJAN LAC029-MSC001-261630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 952 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...CONCORDIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...ADAMS COUNTY AT 950 AM JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SICILY ISLAND LOUISIANA TO SLOUM MOVE TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS LINE CAUSED SOME WIND DAMAGE IN CATAHOULA PARISH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. < &
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, Feb 26, 5:00 AM CST, 4 hours 52 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-261700- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 500 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998 THE FIRST ROUND OF CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH A WELL ORGANIZED STORM SYSTEM TO THE NORTHWEST WILL APPROACH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN...MORE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WAS FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SOUTHWARD TO CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING. THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME LATER TODAY TO BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AND PRODUCE MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXISTS ACROSS SOUTH ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGHOUT TODAY. PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED FOR SEVERE WEATHER DETECTION TODAY.
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 5:00 AM CST, 4 hours 52 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-261700- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 500 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998 THE FIRST ROUND OF CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH A WELL ORGANIZED STORM SYSTEM TO THE NORTHWEST WILL APPROACH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN...MORE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WAS FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SOUTHWARD TO CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING. THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME LATER TODAY TO BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AND PRODUCE MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXISTS ACROSS SOUTH ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGHOUT TODAY. PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED FOR SEVERE WEATHER DETECTION TODAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 9:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 25 min |
| Feb 26, 10:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Richland | 52 min |
| Feb 26, 10:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 52 min |
| Feb 26, 10:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 44 min |
| Feb 26, 10:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 47 min |
| Feb 26, 10:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 48 min |
| Feb 26, 10:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 31 min |
| Feb 26, 10:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 41 min |
| Feb 26, 11:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin, Yazoo | 36 min |
| Feb 26, 11:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Simpson | 36 min |
| Feb 26, 11:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 39 min |
| Feb 26, 11:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 33 min |
| Feb 26, 11:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 27 min |
| Feb 26, 12:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton, Smith | 46 min |
| Feb 26, 12:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 46 min |
| Feb 26, 12:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 39 min |
| Feb 26, 12:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee, Winston | 43 min |
| Feb 26, 1:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton | 58 min |
| Feb 26, 1:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 32 min |
| Feb 26, 1:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 30 min |
| Feb 26, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 50 min |
| Feb 26, 2:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 15 min |
| Feb 26, 2:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 41 min |
| Feb 26, 2:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 45 min |
| Feb 26, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 45 min |
| Feb 26, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 45 min |
| Feb 26, 3:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 28 min |
| Feb 26, 3:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 53 min |
| Feb 26, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 47 min |
| Feb 26, 4:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 53 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.