Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 5, 1998Amite County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 9:12 PM CDT for Amite County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1998, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Amite County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 9:15 PM CDTThunderstorm WindCrosby, MS
Jun 5, 9:25 PM CDTThunderstorm WindLiberty, MS

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 293 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington49 min
Jun 5, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXLivingston, Tangipahoa34 min
Jun 5, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany34 min
Jun 5, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany47 min
Jun 5, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJefferson, Orleans49 min
Jun 5, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Charles49 min
Jun 5, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson46 min
Jun 5, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPike, Walthall62 min
Jun 5, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXWalthall26 min
Jun 5, 11:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPearl River15 min
Jun 5, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXJackson49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.