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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 1998, 7:09 PM CDT for Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 8, 1998, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1998, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hinds County, MS, Rankin County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:28 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Jackson, MS | |
| Apr 8, 7:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Flowood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 2202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
671 WFUS1 KJAN 090008 RRA TORJAN MSC049-121-090100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 709 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...HINDS COUNTY...RANKIN COUNTY AT 709 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ENTERING SOUTHWEST JACKSON MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN JACKSON AREA AND MOVE INTO WESTERN RANKIN COUNTY BY 730 PM. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR APARTMENT. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS. < 68
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 66 min |
| Apr 8, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 41 min |
| Apr 8, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 48 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.