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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1998, 4:10 PM CDT for Issaquena County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1998, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1998, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Issaquena County, MS
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 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 1196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 152108 RRA TORJAN MSC055-152145- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 410 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 409 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 19 MILES NORTH OF VICKSBURG MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT SMALLER COMMUNITIES4 AND RURAL AREAS. GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! 64
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 15, 10:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-160400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1015 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 A COLD FRONT WAS LYING ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING...WITH VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR TO ITS SOUTH. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH NORTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT AND HELP DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND MISSISSIPPI TODAY...BUT MORE ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-160400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1015 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 A COLD FRONT WAS LYING ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING...WITH VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR TO ITS SOUTH. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH NORTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT AND HELP DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND MISSISSIPPI TODAY...BUT MORE ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/
Local storm report, Jun 15, 11:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1145 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 AM STEWART MS WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 MONTGOMERY TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
BY MONTGOMERY SO.
1210 AM 6 E ETHEL MS WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 ATTALA TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
BY THE PUBLIC.Local storm report, Jun 15, 11:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1145 AM CDT MON JUN 15 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 AM STEWART MS WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 MONTGOMERY TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
BY MONTGOMERY SO.
1210 AM 6 E ETHEL MS WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 ATTALA TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
BY THE PUBLIC.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 50 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.