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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 475, NWS Jackson, MS

July 10, 1998Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1998, 7:48 PM CDT for Madison County, Rankin 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 10, 1998, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1998, 8:20 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 8:00 PM CDTThunderstorm WindMadison, MSA few trees were blown down.

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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 00:00Z on 1998-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3788 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1998-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
3788 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1382 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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

Local storm report, Jul 10, 2:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
230 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0345 PM    STARKVILLE                MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/09/98   OKTIBBEHA                      MSU STUDENTS REPORT TREES
                                          DOWN ACROSS HWY 82.

0430 PM    GRENADA                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/09/98   GRENADA                        EOC REPORTS ROOF BLOWN OFF
                                          SHED AT A LUMBER COMPANY
                                          AND CARS MOVED AROUND AT A
                                          DEALERSHIP.
Local storm report, Jul 10, 7:35 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
735 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0607 PM    3 NE PETAL                MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/98   FORREST                        SEVERAL TREES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY HATTIESBURG
                                          EOC

0607 PM    FRUITLAND PARK            MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/98   FORREST                        POWER LINES DOWN REPORTED
                                          BY HATTIESBURG EOC

0615 PM    3 S GREENWOOD             MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/98   LEFLORE                        ROOF REMOVED AND FUNNEL
                                          CLOUD REPORTED BY EOC
0615 PM    CLEVELAND                 MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/98   BOLIVAR                        SEVERAL TREES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY BOLIVAR EOC

0630 PM    10 S GREENWOOD            MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/98   LEFLORE                        SCATTERED TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN
                      l                    LEFLORE COUNTY REPORTED BY
                                          GREENWOOD EOC
Local storm report, Jul 10, 7:35 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
735 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0607 PM    3 NE PETAL                MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/98   FORREST                        SEVERAL TREES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY HATTIESBURG
                                          EOC

0607 PM    FRUITLAND PARK            MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/98   FORREST                        POWER LINES DOWN REPORTED
                                          BY HATTIESBURG EOC

0615 PM    3 S GREENWOOD             MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/98   LEFLORE                        ROOF REMOVED AND FUNNEL
                                          CLOUD REPORTED BY EOC
0615 PM    CLEVELAND                 MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/98   BOLIVAR                        SEVERAL TREES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY BOLIVAR EOC

0630 PM    10 S GREENWOOD            MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/98   LEFLORE                        SCATTERED TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN
                      l                    LEFLORE COUNTY REPORTED BY
                                          GREENWOOD EOC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey32 min
Jul 10, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln50 min
Jul 11, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison32 min
Jul 11, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake33 min
Jul 11, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson33 min
Jul 11, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis34 min
Jul 11, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren33 min
Jul 11, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper33 min
Jul 11, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds35 min
Jul 11, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah48 min
Jul 11, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Jefferson, Lincoln36 min
Jul 11, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington32 min
Jul 11, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin33 min
Jul 11, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison34 min
Jul 11, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANTensas32 min
Jul 11, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley50 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.