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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS

January 17, 1999Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 1999, 11:10 PM CST for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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
Jan 17, 1999, 11:10 PM CST (05:10 UTC)
Expired
Jan 17, 1999, 11:55 PM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Holmes County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 17, 11:30 PM CSTHail 0.75Lexington, 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 nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 1999-01-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1543 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1999-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 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
1543 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
407 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.2
Supercell composite
11.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

999 
WUUS1 KJAN 180511 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC007-051-097-180555-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1110 PM CST SUN JAN 17 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1155 PM CST

* AT 1106 PM CST... RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINONA TO JUST WEST OF TCHULA MOVING EAST AT
  40 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING BETWEEN DURANT
  AND GOODMAN.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  DURANT AT 1120 PM CST
  WINONA AT 1130 PM CST
  KILMICHAEL AT 1140 PM CST
  KOSCIUSKO AT 1150 PM CST

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

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IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 8:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower25 min
Jan 17, 9:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore30 min
Jan 17, 9:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower45 min
Jan 17, 10:19 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeflore41 min
Jan 17, 10:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada48 min
Jan 17, 10:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll49 min
Jan 17, 11:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay33 min
Jan 17, 11:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Montgomery45 min
Jan 17, 11:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw35 min
Jan 18, 12:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston33 min
Jan 18, 1:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton34 min
Jan 18, 1:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.