Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 40, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 1998, 1:55 AM CDT for Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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 28, 1998, 1:55 AM CDT (06:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1998, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Flora, MS | A roof was blown off of an airport hanger and several trees were blown down. |
| Apr 28, 2:25 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Canton, MS | Several trees 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 1003 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
268 WFUS1 KJAN 280658 RRA TORJAN MSC089-280730- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 155 AM CDT TUE APR 28 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 230 AM CDT * AT 155 AM CDT... A POSSIBLE TORNADO 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANTON OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLORA... INDICATED BY JACKSON WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... FLORA BY 210 AM CDT RIDGELAND BY 220 AM CDT IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 68
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, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 33 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, 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.