Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 1998, 10:08 AM CST for Tensas Parish, Louisiana; Jefferson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 min. 2 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, 10:08 AM CST (16:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 1998, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Tensas Parish, LA, Jefferson County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 10:20 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayette, MS | Thousands of trees were blown down in eastern Jefferson county. A few buildings were also damaged. |
| Feb 26, 10:30 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | St Joseph, LA | Many houses had roof damage. Three farm sheds were destroyed. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down throughout the county. |
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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.
738 WUUS1 KJAN 261610 RRA SVRJAN LAC065-083-107-MSC063-261700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1008 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...MADISON PARISH...RICHLAND PARISH...TENSAS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 1007 AM CST THE JACKSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM DELHI TO NEWLIGHT TO WATERPROOF MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. 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. < 56
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, 5 hours 8 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, 5 hours 8 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, 10:00 AM CST, 8 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-270400- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED THROUGH CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE THIS MORNING. WITH STRONG WINDS FAVORABLE FOR A SQUALL LINE... STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREAT. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT FOR TORNADOES. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SOUTHWARD TO EASTERN TEXAS LATE THIS MORNING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 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, 10:00 AM CST, 8 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-270400- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED THROUGH CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE THIS MORNING. WITH STRONG WINDS FAVORABLE FOR A SQUALL LINE... STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREAT. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT FOR TORNADOES. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SOUTHWARD TO EASTERN TEXAS LATE THIS MORNING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 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, 9:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 38 min |
| Feb 26, 10:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Richland | 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1998Severe 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.