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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 546, NWS Jackson, MS

November 10, 1998Bolivar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 6:30 AM CST for Bolivar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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
Nov 10, 1998, 6:30 AM CST (12:30 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 7:15 AM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Bolivar County, MS

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 6:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1998-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1998-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -271 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-102 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 7:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Washington50 min
Nov 10, 7:44 AM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey31 min
Nov 10, 8:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes48 min
Nov 10, 8:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo31 min
Nov 10, 8:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Montgomery47 min
Nov 10, 8:33 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala47 min
Nov 10, 8:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams48 min
Nov 10, 8:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison51 min
Nov 10, 8:49 AM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison36 min
Nov 10, 8:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw48 min
Nov 10, 9:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster48 min
Nov 10, 9:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake50 min
Nov 10, 9:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds51 min
Nov 10, 9:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha, Winston51 min
Nov 10, 9:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay51 min
Nov 10, 9:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin49 min
Nov 10, 9:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison46 min
Nov 10, 10:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes48 min
Nov 10, 10:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith48 min
Nov 10, 11:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Simpson46 min
Nov 10, 11:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis50 min
Nov 10, 12:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones47 min
Nov 10, 12:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar52 min
Nov 10, 12:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.