Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Mar 6, 1998, 11:20 PM CST (05:20 UTC)

Expired

Mar 7, 1998, 12:15 AM CST

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

County Oktibbeha County, MS

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

119 
WUUS1 KJAN 070519 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC105-070615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1120 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...OKTIBBEHA COUNTY
 
AT 1120 PM DOPPLER RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
NORTHEAST WINSTON COUNTY EAST OF HIGHWAY 25 MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE SESSUMS AND STARKVILLE AREAS BY MIDNIGHT.
 
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.
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.