Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 463, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1998, 7:28 PM CDT for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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 9, 1998, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1998, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Holmes County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington, MS | Several trees were blown down along Highway 17. |
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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 3458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1369 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 100028 RRA SVRJAN MSC051-100100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 728 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 727 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON OR 7 MILES EAST OF CRUGER MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS PRODUCED HIGH WINDS THAT DOWNED TREES JUST OUTSIDE GREENWOOD. * THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT LEXINGTON BY 745 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! 67
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 34 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.