Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 16, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 1998, 4:01 PM CDT for Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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 21, 1998, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1998, 4:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hancock County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiln, 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 nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 2768 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
526 WFUS1 KNEW 212116 RRA TORNEW MSC045-212150- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...RETRANSMITTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 401 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A... * TORNADO WARNING FOR - HANCOCK COUNTY SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 450 PM CDT * AT 358 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR SELLERS IN HANCOCK COUNTY MOVING SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. DAMAGE WAS REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM NEAR SAUCIER IN HARRISON COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS...SEEK SHELTER IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. &
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 21, 10:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-210000- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1050 AM CDT SUN JUN 21 1998 VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS OVER THE REGION TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MIGHT DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 10:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-210000- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1050 AM CDT SUN JUN 21 1998 VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS OVER THE REGION TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MIGHT DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 60 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.