Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 26, 1998, 4:07 PM CST for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 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
- Feb 26, 1998, 4:07 PM CST (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 1998, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clarke County, MS
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, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.
650 WFUS1 KJAN 262208 RRA TORJAN MSC023-262300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 407 PM CST THU FEB 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...CLARKE COUNTY AT 407 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUITMAN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. PEOPLE IN QUITMAN SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. < 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, 12:56 PM CST, 3 hours 11 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, 1 hour 52 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, 1 hour 52 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, 1 hour 42 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 LIMITSSpecial weather statement, Feb 26, 3:22 PM CST, 45 minutes before
MSZ033-039-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 322 PM CST THU FEB 26 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 68 CANCELLED FOR OKTIBBEHA AND NOXUBEE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 68 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NOXUBEE AND OKTIBBEHA COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST INTO ALABAMA.
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 3:22 PM CST, 45 minutes before
MSZ033-039-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 322 PM CST THU FEB 26 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 68 CANCELLED FOR OKTIBBEHA AND NOXUBEE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 68 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NOXUBEE AND OKTIBBEHA COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST INTO ALABAMA.
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, 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 | 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.