Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 84
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 7, 1998, 6:00 AM CST for 5 counties in Arkansas; 12 parishes in Louisiana; 55 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1998, 6:00 AM CST (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1998, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties
Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Greene County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
Warnings issued inside it
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 6:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 6:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 6:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison | 53 min |
| Mar 7, 6:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 6:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 46 min |
| Mar 7, 7:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 7:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | LaSalle | 48 min |
| Mar 7, 7:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 52 min |
| Mar 7, 7:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 48 min |
| Mar 7, 7:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 24 min |
| Mar 7, 8:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 40 min |
| Mar 7, 8:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 60 min |
| Mar 7, 10:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 47 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -286 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 3:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Grant and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 7, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, LaSalle and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 1:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Avoyelles, Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, De Soto and 10 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Louisiana, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 1998Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.