Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 1998, 12:49 PM CST for Jefferson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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
- Mar 7, 1998, 12:49 PM CST (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1998, 1:30 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -286 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
366 WFUS1 KJAN 071847 RRA TORJAN MSC063-071930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1249 PM CST SAT MAR 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 1246 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNDAO NEAR FAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL STAY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 28 AND PASS THROUGH HARRISTON BY 1255 PM. 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. < 76
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, Mar 7, 8:04 AM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
804 AM CST SAT MAR 07 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0455 AM BROOKHAVEN MS .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 LINCOLN REPORTED IN
DOWNTOWN BROOKHAVEN BY EOC
0501 AM HATTIESBURG MS 1 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 FORREST ONE INCH HAIL IN
HATTIESBURG REPORTED BY
EOC
0530 AM PINOLA MS 1 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 SIMPSON ONE INCH HAIL IN PINOLA
AND MENDENHALL REPORTED BY
SO
0555 AM PURVIS MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 LAMAR HAIL THROUGHOUT
PURVIS
0740 AM FITLER MS .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 ISSAQUENA HAIL COVERS THE
GROUND THROUGHOUT
ISSAQUENA COUNTY REPORTED
BY EOC
0605 AM HARRISBURG LA 1.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED
03/07/98 CATAHOULA AT MANIFEST AND AMWELL AND
4 S OF HARRISBURG ON HWY 124Local storm report, Mar 7, 8:04 AM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
804 AM CST SAT MAR 07 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0455 AM BROOKHAVEN MS .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 LINCOLN REPORTED IN
DOWNTOWN BROOKHAVEN BY EOC
0501 AM HATTIESBURG MS 1 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 FORREST ONE INCH HAIL IN
HATTIESBURG REPORTED BY
EOC
0530 AM PINOLA MS 1 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 SIMPSON ONE INCH HAIL IN PINOLA
AND MENDENHALL REPORTED BY
SO
0555 AM PURVIS MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 LAMAR HAIL THROUGHOUT
PURVIS
0740 AM FITLER MS .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 ISSAQUENA HAIL COVERS THE
GROUND THROUGHOUT
ISSAQUENA COUNTY REPORTED
BY EOC
0605 AM HARRISBURG LA 1.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED
03/07/98 CATAHOULA AT MANIFEST AND AMWELL AND
4 S OF HARRISBURG ON HWY 124Special weather statement, Mar 7, 10:00 AM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-080400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST SAT MAR 7 1998 ...AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED THIS MORNING. SOUTHERLY FLOW WAS TRANSPORTING WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE AREA. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE AS THE AIRMASS BECOMES EVEN MORE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO...THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE...INCLUDING VERY STRONG JET STREAM WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE FAVORABLE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...SO THE WEATHER NEEDS TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED TODAY AND TONIGHT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: HTTP//WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US (IN SMALL CASE LETTERS)
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 10:00 AM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-080400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST SAT MAR 7 1998 ...AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED THIS MORNING. SOUTHERLY FLOW WAS TRANSPORTING WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE AREA. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE AS THE AIRMASS BECOMES EVEN MORE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO...THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE...INCLUDING VERY STRONG JET STREAM WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE FAVORABLE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...SO THE WEATHER NEEDS TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED TODAY AND TONIGHT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: HTTP//WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US (IN SMALL CASE LETTERS)
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 11:10 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-080400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1110 AM CST SAT MAR 7 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 84 HAS EXPIRED... ...ADDITIONAL WEATHER WATCHES LIKELY LATER TODAY... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE TENDED TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY LATE THIS MORNING AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR NOW. AS THE AIRMASS BECOMES EVEN MORE UNSTABLE LATER TODAY... ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES ARE EXPECTED. A STRONG JET STREAM COMBINING WITH MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL FUEL THE REDEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE LATER STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL HOWEVER...A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS IN THE ARKLAMS REGION SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS AS THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS SYSTEM. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS WILL AGAIN BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: HTTP//WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US (IN SMALL CASE LETTERS)
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 11:10 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-080400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1110 AM CST SAT MAR 7 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 84 HAS EXPIRED... ...ADDITIONAL WEATHER WATCHES LIKELY LATER TODAY... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE TENDED TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY LATE THIS MORNING AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR NOW. AS THE AIRMASS BECOMES EVEN MORE UNSTABLE LATER TODAY... ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES ARE EXPECTED. A STRONG JET STREAM COMBINING WITH MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL FUEL THE REDEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE LATER STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL HOWEVER...A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS IN THE ARKLAMS REGION SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS ...WATCHES AND WARNINGS AS THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS SYSTEM. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS WILL AGAIN BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: HTTP//WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US (IN SMALL CASE LETTERS)
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, 4:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 54 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, 1:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 26 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.