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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1998, 7:47 PM CDT for Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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 27, 1998, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1998, 8:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sunflower County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:55 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Ruleville, 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 27, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
695 WFUS1 KJAN 280049 RRA TORJAN MSC133-280120- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 747 PM CDT MON APR 27 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 820 PM CDT * AT 745 PM CDT... A DEVELOPING TORNADO 15 MILES NORTH OF INDIANOLA OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RULEVILLE... INDICATED BY JACKSON WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... RULEVILLE BY 755 PM CDT DREW BY 800 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 76 IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. BEWARE THE THREAT OF RISING WATER. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 1:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 1:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 3:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 4:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 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.