Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 26, 1998, 3:00 PM CST for Forrest County, Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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, 3:00 PM CST (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 1998, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Forrest County, MS, Jones County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 3:40 PM CST | Hail 0.88 | Hattiesburg, 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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.
246 WFUS1 KJAN 262102 RRC TORJAN MSC067-035-262145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 300 PM CST THU FEB 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...FORREST COUNTY AT 300 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 13 WEST OF HATTIESBURG MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE HATTIESBURG AREA BY 315 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD. < 78
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Feb 26, 12:47 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1247 PM CST THU FEB 26 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1046 AM MOUND LA WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 MADISON WIND GUST TO 53 KNOTS
OBSERVED BY ASOS AT
VICKSBURG-TALLULAH
REGIONAL AIRPORT
1106 AM VICKSBURG MS WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 WARREN A NUMBER OF TREES DOWN IN
VICKSBURG REPORTED BY
AMATEUR RADIO
1112 AM WESSON MS WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 LINCOLN SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY A
FEW MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WESSON AT MOUNT ZION ROAD
AND I-55
1130 AM GLUCKSTADT MS WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 MADISON WIND GUST TO 60 MPH
REPORTED BY WEATHER
OBSERVER
1130 AM RICHLAND MS WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 RANKIN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
NEAR I-20 AND HIGHWAY 49
INTERCHANGE
1200 PM WHITFIELD MS WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 RANKIN WIND DAMAGE TO LARGE TREES
AT MISS STATE
HOSPITAL...FUNNEL CLOUD
REPORTED BY HOSPITAL
PERSONNEL
1220 PM RALEIGH MS .75 INCH HAIL
02/26/98 SMITH DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
POLICE ON HIGHWAY 18 AT
THE RALEIGH CITY LIMITSLocal storm report, Feb 26, 12:56 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1256 PM CST THU FEB 26 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 AM BOVINA MS TORNADO
02/26/98 WARREN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES
AND BARNS FROM THE I-20
BOVINA EXIT SOUTH FOR
$ ABOUT 2 MILES ALONG BOVINA
CUTOFF ROADLocal storm report, Feb 26, 12:56 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1256 PM CST THU FEB 26 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 AM BOVINA MS TORNADO
02/26/98 WARREN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES
AND BARNS FROM THE I-20
BOVINA EXIT SOUTH FOR
$ ABOUT 2 MILES ALONG BOVINA
CUTOFF ROADLocal storm report, Feb 26, 2:15 PM CST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
215 PM CST THU FEB 26 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1105 AM BOVINA MS WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 WARREN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES
AND BARNS FROM THE I-20
BOVINA EXIT SOUTH FOR
ABOUT 2 MILES ALONG BOVINA
CUTOFF ROAD...WARREN CIVIL
DEFENSE CONFIRMS STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS RATHER THAN
TORNADOLocal storm report, Feb 26, 2:15 PM CST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
215 PM CST THU FEB 26 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1105 AM BOVINA MS WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 WARREN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES
AND BARNS FROM THE I-20
BOVINA EXIT SOUTH FOR
ABOUT 2 MILES ALONG BOVINA
CUTOFF ROAD...WARREN CIVIL
DEFENSE CONFIRMS STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS RATHER THAN
TORNADOLocal storm report, Feb 26, 2:25 PM CST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1247 PM CST THU FEB 26 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1046 AM MOUND LA WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 MADISON WIND GUST TO 53 KNOTS
OBSERVED BY ASOS AT
VICKSBURG-TALLULAH
REGIONAL AIRPORT
1106 AM VICKSBURG MS WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 WARREN A NUMBER OF TREES DOWN IN
VICKSBURG REPORTED BY
AMATEUR RADIO
1112 AM WESSON MS WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 LINCOLN SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
NORTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY A
FEW MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WESSON AT MOUNT ZION ROAD
AND I-55
1130 AM GLUCKSTADT MS WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 MADISON WIND GUST TO 60 MPH
REPORTED BY WEATHER
OBSERVER
1130 AM RICHLAND MS WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 RANKIN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
NEAR I-20 AND HIGHWAY 49
INTERCHANGE
1135 AM WHITFIELD MS WIND DAMAGE
02/26/98 RANKIN WIND DAMAGE TO LARGE TREES
AT MISS STATE
HOSPITAL...FUNNEL CLOUD
REPORTED BY HOSPITAL
PERSONNEL
1220 PM RALEIGH MS .75 INCH HAIL
02/26/98 SMITH DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
POLICE ON HIGHWAY 18 AT
t THE RALEIGH CITY LIMITSThe 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, 11:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 27 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 | 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 |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.