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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Jackson, MS

May 5, 1999Leake County, Scott County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1999, 11:15 PM CDT for Leake County, Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 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, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1999, 12:05 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Leake County, MS, Scott 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, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 1999-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3704 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1999-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 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
3704 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
293 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
7.4
Supercell composite
23.8

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The text

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

999 
WUUS1 KJAN 060417 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC079-121-123-060505-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1115 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1205 AM CDT

* AT 1113 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
  FROM NEAR CAMDEN TO MADISON TO RAYMOND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SANHILL BY 1120 PM
  OFAHOMA BY 1125 PM

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes49 min
May 5, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Leflore50 min
May 5, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada49 min
May 5, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys49 min
May 5, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningJANGrenada, Montgomery48 min
May 5, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala48 min
May 5, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo51 min
May 5, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes50 min
May 5, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll48 min
May 5, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey50 min
May 5, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Montgomery, Webster49 min
May 5, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Oktibbeha49 min
May 5, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys49 min
May 5, 8:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Humphreys119 min
May 5, 8:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANIssaquena119 min
May 5, 8:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANSharkey119 min
May 5, 8:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMontgomery119 min
May 5, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena48 min
May 5, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes50 min
May 5, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey48 min
May 5, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery50 min
May 5, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes48 min
May 5, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo46 min
May 5, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes49 min
May 5, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Yazoo48 min
May 5, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison48 min
May 5, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds49 min
May 5, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha48 min
May 5, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin50 min
May 5, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes49 min
May 6, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba49 min
May 6, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson51 min
May 6, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah51 min
May 6, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds35 min
May 6, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee49 min
May 6, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott47 min
May 6, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton50 min
May 6, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba48 min
May 6, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale44 min
May 6, 3:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis43 min
May 6, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke47 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.