Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1998, 4:51 AM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min. 2 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
- Mar 7, 1998, 4:51 AM CST (10:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1998, 5:45 AM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Forrest County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 5:01 AM CST | Hail 1 | Hattiesburg, MS | |
| Mar 7, 5:15 AM CST | Hail 1 | Petal, 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 nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
549 WUUS1 KJAN 071052 RRA SVRJAN MSC035-071145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 451 AM CST SAT MAR 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...FORREST COUNTY AT 450 AM CST DOPPLER RADAI IN JACKSON INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF PURVIS MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE ENTERING WESTERN FORREST COUNTY BY 5 AM AND MOVE THROUGH THE HATTIESBURG AREA BY 520 AM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. 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. < 68
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
Local storm report, Mar 7, 12:26 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1226 AM CST SAT MAR 07 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1050 PM 6 SW NOXAPATER MS .75 INCH HAIL
03/06/98 WINSTON REPORTED BY WINSTON S. O.
1152 PM 4 E STARKVILLE MS 1 INCH HAIL
03/06/98 OKTIBBEHA REPORTED BY OKTIBBEHA S. O.Local storm report, Mar 7, 12:26 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1226 AM CST SAT MAR 07 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1050 PM 6 SW NOXAPATER MS .75 INCH HAIL
03/06/98 WINSTON REPORTED BY WINSTON S. O.
1152 PM 4 E STARKVILLE MS 1 INCH HAIL
03/06/98 OKTIBBEHA REPORTED BY OKTIBBEHA S. O.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 10:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 51 min |
| Mar 6, 11:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 55 min |
| Mar 7, 12:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 45 min |
| Mar 7, 3:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 51 min |
| Mar 7, 3:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 53 min |
| Mar 7, 4:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 4:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 4:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 40 min |
| Mar 7, 4:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 5:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Simpson | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 5:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 40 min |
| Mar 7, 5:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 5:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 54 min |
| Mar 7, 6:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 6:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 6:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 7:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 7:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 52 min |
| Mar 7, 7:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 24 min |
| Mar 7, 10:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 11:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 25 min |
| Mar 7, 12:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Mar 7, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 12:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Mar 7, 1:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.