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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Jackson, MS

November 10, 1998Humphreys County, Sharkey County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 1998, 7:44 AM CST for Humphreys County, Sharkey County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
Nov 10, 1998, 7:44 AM CST (13:44 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 8:15 AM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Humphreys County, MS, Sharkey County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 6:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1998-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 222 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1998-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

129 
WFUS1 KJAN 101347 RRA
TORJAN
MSC053-125-101415-

BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
744 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 815 AM CST

* AT 745 AM CST... RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BELZONI OR 9 MILES WEST OF SILVER CITY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  SILVER CITY AT 750 AM CST
  ISOLA AT 755 AM CST
  BELZONI AT 755 AM CST

IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

82

REMEMBER... A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO SEEK A PLACE OF
SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 6:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar45 min
Nov 10, 7:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Washington50 min
Nov 10, 8:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes48 min
Nov 10, 8:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo31 min
Nov 10, 8:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Montgomery47 min
Nov 10, 8:33 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala47 min
Nov 10, 8:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams48 min
Nov 10, 8:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison51 min
Nov 10, 8:49 AM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison36 min
Nov 10, 8:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw48 min
Nov 10, 9:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster48 min
Nov 10, 9:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake50 min
Nov 10, 9:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds51 min
Nov 10, 9:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha, Winston51 min
Nov 10, 9:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay51 min
Nov 10, 9:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin49 min
Nov 10, 9:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison46 min
Nov 10, 10:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes48 min
Nov 10, 10:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith48 min
Nov 10, 11:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Simpson46 min
Nov 10, 11:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis50 min
Nov 10, 12:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones47 min
Nov 10, 12:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar52 min
Nov 10, 12:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.