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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 388, NWS Jackson, MS

May 5, 1999Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1999, 9:11 AM CDT for Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 1999, 9:11 AM CDT (14:11 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1999, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bolivar County, MS, Sunflower County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 7:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 1999-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 72 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1999-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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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
May 5, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren35 min
May 5, 8:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington32 min
May 5, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower32 min
May 5, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore48 min
May 5, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar50 min
May 5, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington49 min
May 5, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena47 min
May 5, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower48 min
May 5, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena50 min
May 5, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore48 min
May 5, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSharkey50 min
May 5, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington33 min
May 5, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeflore49 min
May 5, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSunflower50 min
May 5, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo52 min
May 5, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys51 min
May 5, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo48 min
May 5, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes47 min
May 5, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey51 min
May 5, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse50 min
May 5, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland34 min
May 5, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison35 min
May 5, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse35 min
May 5, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll51 min
May 5, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland48 min
May 5, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, Richland, West Carroll48 min
May 5, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland51 min
May 5, 7:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley33 min
May 5, 7:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley49 min
May 5, 8:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot35 min
May 5, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.