Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 1998, 10:04 PM CST for Grenada County, Mississippi. It was in force for 56 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
- Mar 5, 1998, 10:04 PM CST (04:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 1998, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Grenada County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 457 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
732 WUUS1 KJAN 060405 RRA SVRJAN MSC043-060500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1004 PM CST THU MAR 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...GRENADA COUNTY AT 1003 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF GRENADA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT HOLCOMB BY 1015 PM...AND GRENADA BY 1030 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. < 75
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, Mar 5, 7:13 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
ARZ074-075-060215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 713 PM CST THU MAR 5 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 77 EXPIRED FOR ASHLEY AND CHICOT COUNTIES... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 78 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 10 PM... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR ASHLEY AND CHICOT COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 78 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA PARISHES THROUGH 10 PM.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 7:13 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
ARZ074-075-060215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 713 PM CST THU MAR 5 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 77 EXPIRED FOR ASHLEY AND CHICOT COUNTIES... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 78 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 10 PM... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR ASHLEY AND CHICOT COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 78 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA PARISHES THROUGH 10 PM.
Local storm report, Mar 5, 7:47 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
747 PM CST THU MAR 05 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0735 PM ELWOOD MS 1 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 CLARKE REPORTED BY CLARKE CO.
S.O.
0741 PM QUITMAN MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 CLARKE REPORTED BY CLARKE CO.
S.O.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 47 min |
| Mar 5, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 58 min |
| Mar 5, 10:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 68 min |
| Mar 5, 11:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 12:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll | 2 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 37 min |
| Mar 6, 5:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.