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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Jackson, MS

March 2, 1999Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 1999, 5:47 PM CST for Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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
Mar 2, 1999, 5:47 PM CST (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 1999, 6:35 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 2, 6:30 PM CSTHail 1Canton, 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
Mar 2, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 237 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1999-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1999-03-02The 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 11:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar35 min
Mar 2, 2:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey33 min
Mar 2, 2:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower35 min
Mar 2, 2:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo35 min
Mar 2, 2:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey37 min
Mar 2, 2:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore36 min
Mar 2, 2:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes33 min
Mar 2, 3:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo35 min
Mar 2, 3:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll50 min
Mar 2, 3:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo48 min
Mar 2, 4:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery49 min
Mar 2, 4:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison49 min
Mar 2, 4:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Webster49 min
Mar 2, 4:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake67 min
Mar 2, 4:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena34 min
Mar 2, 4:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse, West Carroll50 min
Mar 2, 4:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll49 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.