Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 57, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1998, 10:15 PM CDT for Jefferson Davis County, Lawrence County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 5, 1998, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1998, 10:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 10:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, MS | Trees were blown down throughout the county. |
| Jun 5, 10:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Melba, MS | The roofs of several houses were blown off. |
| Jun 5, 10:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, MS | Trees and power lines were blown down across the county. |
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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 060315 RRA TORJAN MSC065-077-060350- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1015 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1050 PM CDT * AT 1014 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTICELLO OR 11 MILES WEST OF BASSFIELD MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE FOLLOWING LOCATION IS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM... BASSFIELD BY 1030 PM CDT GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! 75
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 710 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514 HAS EXPIRED... ...STILL A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... THE LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON HAS NOW MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD AGAIN BECOME SEVERE...AND FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES COULD BE NEEDED ACROSS THE ALREA TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL NEWS MEDIA...OR CABLE TV FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 710 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514 HAS EXPIRED... ...STILL A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... THE LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON HAS NOW MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD AGAIN BECOME SEVERE...AND FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES COULD BE NEEDED ACROSS THE ALREA TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL NEWS MEDIA...OR CABLE TV FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:55 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
955 PM CDT FRI JUN 05 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0740 PM BASKIN LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN
0800 PM LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 CATAHOULA TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT PARISH...
ENTIRE PARISH WITHOUT
POWER
0820 PM LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 CONCORDIA TREES ANDN POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE PARISH
0842 PM NATCHEZ MS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/98 ADAMS REPORTED BY CD OFFICE
0845 PM 5 S NATCHEZ MS TORNADO
06/05/98 ADAMS POSSIBLE TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN...NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 61
0940 PM BOGUE CHITTO MS 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/98 LINCOLN
0953 PM MENDENHALL MS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/98 SIMPSONLocal storm report, Jun 5, 9:55 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
955 PM CDT FRI JUN 05 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0740 PM BASKIN LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN
0800 PM LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 CATAHOULA TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT PARISH...
ENTIRE PARISH WITHOUT
POWER
0820 PM LA WIND DAMAGE
06/05/98 CONCORDIA TREES ANDN POWERLINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE PARISH
0842 PM NATCHEZ MS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/98 ADAMS REPORTED BY CD OFFICE
0845 PM 5 S NATCHEZ MS TORNADO
06/05/98 ADAMS POSSIBLE TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN...NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 61
0940 PM BOGUE CHITTO MS 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/98 LINCOLN
0953 PM MENDENHALL MS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/98 SIMPSONSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 10:00 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ035>066-072>074-060315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 519 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MOREHOUSE... WEST CARROLL... EAST CARROLL... RICHLAND... MADISON... FRANKLIN... TENSAS... CATAHOULA... AND CONCORDIA PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND FOR ISSAQUENA... SHARKEY... HUMPHREYS... HOLMES... YAZOO... MADISON... AND WARREN COUNTIES IN WESTERN MISSISSIPPI... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ATTALA... WINSTON... NOXUBEE... LEAKE... NESHOBA... KEMPER... HINDS... RANKIN... SCOTT... NEWTON... LAUDERDALE... CLAIBORNE...COPIAH...SIMPSON... SMITH... JASPER... CLARKE... JEFFERSON... ADAMS... FRANKLIN... LINCOLN... LAWRENCE... JEFFERSON DAVIS... COVINGTON... JONES... MARION... LAMAR... AND FORREST COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI. A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HIGH WINDS AND HAIL CONTINUES MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 10:00 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ035>066-072>074-060315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 519 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MOREHOUSE... WEST CARROLL... EAST CARROLL... RICHLAND... MADISON... FRANKLIN... TENSAS... CATAHOULA... AND CONCORDIA PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND FOR ISSAQUENA... SHARKEY... HUMPHREYS... HOLMES... YAZOO... MADISON... AND WARREN COUNTIES IN WESTERN MISSISSIPPI... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ATTALA... WINSTON... NOXUBEE... LEAKE... NESHOBA... KEMPER... HINDS... RANKIN... SCOTT... NEWTON... LAUDERDALE... CLAIBORNE...COPIAH...SIMPSON... SMITH... JASPER... CLARKE... JEFFERSON... ADAMS... FRANKLIN... LINCOLN... LAWRENCE... JEFFERSON DAVIS... COVINGTON... JONES... MARION... LAMAR... AND FORREST COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI. A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HIGH WINDS AND HAIL CONTINUES MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 49 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, 10:30 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.