Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 477, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1998, 10:10 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1998, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1998, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
744 WUUS1 KJAN 110309 RRA SVRJAN MSC085-110400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1010 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 1009 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROOKHAVEN MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * THE FOLLOWING LOCATION IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... BROOKHAVEN BY 1030 PM CDT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS 76
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, 7:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 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, 2 hours 35 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, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 32 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.