Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 55, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1998, 8:41 PM CDT for Adams County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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
- Jun 5, 1998, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1998, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adams County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Countywide, MS | Numerous trees were blown down across the county. Several trees fell on houses. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 060141 RRA TORJAN MSC001-060230- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 841 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 840 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF NATCHEZ MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE FOLLOWING LOCATION IS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM... NATCHEZ BY 845 PM CDT PEOPLE IN NATCHEZ AND THE SURROUNDING AREA SHOULD GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! 75
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 11:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 19 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.