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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Jackson, MS

March 8, 1999Jefferson Davis County, Lawrence County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1999, 10:48 PM CST for Jefferson Davis County, Lawrence County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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 8, 1999, 10:48 PM CST (04:48 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 1999, 11:35 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 8, 11:30 PM CSTHail 1Monticello, 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 8, 10:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 1999-03-09Temperature 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1999-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 381 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
381 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
674 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 8, 7:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena48 min
Mar 8, 8:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne49 min
Mar 8, 9:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds48 min
Mar 8, 9:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Madison, Rankin45 min
Mar 8, 9:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson50 min
Mar 8, 10:05 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAdams45 min
Mar 8, 10:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott, Smith47 min
Mar 8, 10:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson47 min
Mar 8, 10:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton49 min
Mar 8, 10:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln50 min
Mar 8, 10:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale48 min
Mar 8, 10:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington47 min
Mar 8, 11:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper49 min
Mar 8, 11:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones46 min
Mar 8, 11:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke46 min
Mar 8, 11:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar46 min
Mar 8, 11:49 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones46 min
Mar 9, 12:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest34 min
Mar 9, 12:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion31 min
Mar 8, 6:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWest Carroll48 min
Mar 8, 6:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland48 min
Mar 8, 6:52 PM CSTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, Richland48 min
Mar 8, 8:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula31 min
Mar 8, 8:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANTensas51 min
Mar 8, 9:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin49 min
Mar 8, 9:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia50 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.