Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 475, NWS Jackson, MS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison, MS | A 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.
- 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
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 EOCLocal 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 EOCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 50 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.