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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Jackson, MS

November 10, 1998Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 1998, 8:49 AM CST for Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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, 8:49 AM CST (14:49 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 9:25 AM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 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.

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.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 101452 RRA
TORJAN
MSC089-101525-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 925 AM CST

* AT 848 AM CST... RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
              CANTON... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE FOLLOWING LOCATION IS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...
  CANTON AT 900 AM CST

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

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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, 7:44 AM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey31 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, 8:57 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.