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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 538, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 1998, 3:00 PM CDT for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min. 3 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
- Aug 30, 1998, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 1998, 3:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rankin County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 3:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelahatchie, MS | A couple of trees were blown down. |
| Aug 30, 3:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Pelahatchie, MS | |
| Aug 30, 3:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelahatchie, MS | Several 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 1796 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1190 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 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
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 10:00 AM CDT, 5 hours before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066- 072>074-310300- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT SUN AUG 30 1998 A STATIONARY TROUGH...EXTENDING FROM COLUMBUS TO VICKSBURG MISSISSIPPI TO WINNSBORO LOUISIANA...WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION TO PRODUCE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WITH THE PROXIMITY OF THE TROUGH...THE MAJORITY OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE CONFINED TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. ALTHOUGH NO ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40 MPH... SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT/CIVIL DEFENSE PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 10:00 AM CDT, 5 hours before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066- 072>074-310300- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT SUN AUG 30 1998 A STATIONARY TROUGH...EXTENDING FROM COLUMBUS TO VICKSBURG MISSISSIPPI TO WINNSBORO LOUISIANA...WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION TO PRODUCE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WITH THE PROXIMITY OF THE TROUGH...THE MAJORITY OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE CONFINED TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. ALTHOUGH NO ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40 MPH... SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT/CIVIL DEFENSE PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/
Local storm report, Aug 30, 2:18 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
218 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM 10 S BROOKHAVEN MS .75 INCH HAIL
08/30/98 LINCOLN CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS DIME
SIZE HAIL ON HWY 583.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 51 min |
| Aug 30, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 49 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.