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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 5, 1998, 8:42 PM CST for Franklin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 63 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 5, 1998, 8:42 PM CST (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 1998, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 9:04 PM CST | Hail 2.75 | Baskin, LA | Baseball size hail damaged the roofs of houses and automobiles. |
| Mar 5, 9:20 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Winnsboro, LA | A framed post office was destroyed. A mobile home was blown off its foundation. Many trees and power lines were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 776 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
340 WFUS1 KJAN 060243 RRA TORJAN LAC041-060345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 842 PM CST THU MAR 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...FRANKLIN PARISH AT 841 PM...JACKSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING A POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING INTO FRANKLIN PARISH ALONG HIGHWAY 15...NORTH OR BASKIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR WINNSBORO BY 910 PM. PEOPLE IN THIS STORMS PATH SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW 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. < 74
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
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 7:13 PM CST, 1 hour 29 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, 1 hour 29 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, 55 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, 8:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Richland | 63 min |
| Mar 5, 9:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tensas | 63 min |
| Mar 5, 9:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 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.