Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 1998
Tornado Watch 893
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 10, 1998, 10:00 AM CST for 23 counties in Alabama; Dade County, Georgia; 34 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 10, 1998, 10:00 AM CST (16:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 1998, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties
Blount County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Dade County, GA, Amite County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Marion County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Winston County, MS
Warnings issued inside it
16 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 10:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 35 min |
| Nov 10, 10:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin, Marion | 62 min |
| Nov 10, 10:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 48 min |
| Nov 10, 10:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 46 min |
| Nov 10, 10:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert, Lauderdale | 49 min |
| Nov 10, 10:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 50 min |
| Nov 10, 10:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 63 min |
| Nov 10, 10:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 48 min |
| Nov 10, 11:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike | 47 min |
| Nov 10, 11:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Simpson | 46 min |
| Nov 10, 11:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 46 min |
| Nov 10, 11:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 50 min |
| Nov 10, 11:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 31 min |
| Nov 10, 12:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 47 min |
| Nov 10, 12:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 52 min |
| Nov 10, 12:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 49 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
721 WWUS9 KMKC 101521 SEL3 MKC WW 101521 MSZ000-ALZ000-102100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 893 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 921 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1000 AM UNTIL 300 PM CST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MC COMB MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 890...WW 891...WW 892... DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE IS INTENSIFYING AS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY MOVE NEWD ACROSS MS INTO AL. SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN VERY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WITH AND JUST AHEAD OF SQUALL LINE. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 520. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045. ...HALES 305,0912 345,0875 345,0852 305,0890
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 6:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 31 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River, Stone | 5 hr |
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.