Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 1998, 11:48 AM CST for Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min. 4 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
- Feb 26, 1998, 11:48 AM CST (17:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 1998, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 11:50 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Polkville, MS | |
| Feb 26, 11:55 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Magee, MS | Several trees were blown down. |
| Feb 26, 12:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Mendenhall, MS | Several trees were blown down. |
| Feb 26, 12:20 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Raleigh, MS |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
309 WUUS1 KJAN 261752 RRA SVRJAN MSC127-129-261815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1148 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SMITH COUNTY...EASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY AT 1148 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN SMITH COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST 55 MPH AND WILL REACH RALIEGH BY 1205 P AND WILL MOVE THROUGH MAGEE BY NOON. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. < 65
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, Feb 26, 10:00 AM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-270400- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED THROUGH CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE THIS MORNING. WITH STRONG WINDS FAVORABLE FOR A SQUALL LINE... STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREAT. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT FOR TORNADOES. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SOUTHWARD TO EASTERN TEXAS LATE THIS MORNING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED FOR SEVERE WEATHER DETECTION TODAY.
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 10:00 AM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-270400- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED THROUGH CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE THIS MORNING. WITH STRONG WINDS FAVORABLE FOR A SQUALL LINE... STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREAT. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT FOR TORNADOES. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SOUTHWARD TO EASTERN TEXAS LATE THIS MORNING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED FOR SEVERE WEATHER DETECTION TODAY.
Local storm report, Feb 26, 11:01 AM CST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1101 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM ARCHIE LA WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 CATAHOULA TWO TRAILERS REPORTED
OVERTURNED AND MANY TREES
DOWN WITH SOME AUTO
ACCIDENTS ALONG HWY 84
NEAR ARCHIE REPORTED BY
CATAHOULA PARISH SO
1010 AM NATCHEZ MS WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 ADAMS STRONG WINDS DAMAGED A
CHURCH AND POWER LINES
DOWN...POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO
A SCHOOL REPORTED...FUNNEL
CLOUD REPORTED NEAR
HOMOCHITTO RIVERLocal storm report, Feb 26, 11:01 AM CST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1101 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 AM ARCHIE LA WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 CATAHOULA TWO TRAILERS REPORTED
OVERTURNED AND MANY TREES
DOWN WITH SOME AUTO
ACCIDENTS ALONG HWY 84
NEAR ARCHIE REPORTED BY
CATAHOULA PARISH SO
1010 AM NATCHEZ MS WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 ADAMS STRONG WINDS DAMAGED A
CHURCH AND POWER LINES
DOWN...POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO
A SCHOOL REPORTED...FUNNEL
CLOUD REPORTED NEAR
HOMOCHITTO RIVERSpecial weather statement, Feb 26, 11:42 AM CST, 6 minutes before
LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ040-041-047-048-053-054-059>062-261800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1142 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH NO. 67 CANCELLED FOR 9 PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND 10 COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... MOREHOUSE...WEST CARROLL...EAST CARROLL...RICHLAND...MADISON... FRANKLIN...TENSAS...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ISSAQUENA...SHARKEY...WARREN...HINDS...CLAIBORNE...COPIAH... JEFFERSON...ADAMS...FRANKLIN...LINCOLN.
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 11:42 AM CST, 6 minutes before
LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ040-041-047-048-053-054-059>062-261800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1142 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH NO. 67 CANCELLED FOR 9 PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND 10 COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... MOREHOUSE...WEST CARROLL...EAST CARROLL...RICHLAND...MADISON... FRANKLIN...TENSAS...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ISSAQUENA...SHARKEY...WARREN...HINDS...CLAIBORNE...COPIAH... JEFFERSON...ADAMS...FRANKLIN...LINCOLN.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 9:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 38 min |
| Feb 26, 10:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 52 min |
| Feb 26, 10:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 44 min |
| Feb 26, 10:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 47 min |
| Feb 26, 10:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 48 min |
| Feb 26, 10:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 31 min |
| Feb 26, 10:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 41 min |
| Feb 26, 11:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin, Yazoo | 36 min |
| Feb 26, 11:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Simpson | 36 min |
| Feb 26, 11:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 39 min |
| Feb 26, 11:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 33 min |
| Feb 26, 12:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton, Smith | 46 min |
| Feb 26, 12:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 46 min |
| Feb 26, 12:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 39 min |
| Feb 26, 12:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee, Winston | 43 min |
| Feb 26, 1:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton | 58 min |
| Feb 26, 1:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 32 min |
| Feb 26, 1:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 30 min |
| Feb 26, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 50 min |
| Feb 26, 2:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 15 min |
| Feb 26, 2:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 41 min |
| Feb 26, 2:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 45 min |
| Feb 26, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 45 min |
| Feb 26, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 45 min |
| Feb 26, 3:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 28 min |
| Feb 26, 3:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 53 min |
| Feb 26, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 47 min |
| Feb 26, 4:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 53 min |
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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.