Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 1998, 5:37 PM CST for Issaquena County, Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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
- Feb 10, 1998, 5:37 PM CST (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1998, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Issaquena County, MS, Washington County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 5:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayersville, MS | Several power lines were blown down. |
| Feb 10, 5:50 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Greenville, MS | A casino boat was blown from its moorings. |
| Feb 10, 5:50 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Fitler, MS | Several 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
534 WFUS1 KJAN 102336 RRA TORJAN MSC151-055-110030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 537 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...WASHINGTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...ISSAQUENA COUNTY AT 535 PM CST JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF MAYERSVILLE MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. ON THIS PATH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE APPROACHING GLEN ALLAN BY 540 PM CST AND LELAND BY 550 PM CST. 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. < 69
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 4:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 28 min |
| Feb 10, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 30 min |
| Feb 10, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Issaquena, Warren | 35 min |
| Feb 10, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Washington | 35 min |
| Feb 10, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Feb 10, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 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.