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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Jackson, MS

January 22, 1999Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 22, 1999, 7:20 AM CST for Ashley County, Arkansas. 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: Jan 22, 1999, 7:20 AM CST (13:20 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 1999, 8:10 AM CST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Ashley County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 22, 3:00 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 958 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 390 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 6.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 22, 2:14 AM CST, 5 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
214 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0720 PM    JONES                     LA   WIND DAMAGE
01/21/99   MOREHOUSE                      ROOFING TORN OFF AND TREES
                                          DOWN

0830 PM    LAKE VLG                  AR   WIND DAMAGE
01/21/99   CHICOT                         18 WHEELER BLOWN OVER

0945 PM    GILBERT                   LA   TORNADO
01/21/99   FRANKLIN

0950 PM    RULEVILLE                 MS   TORNADO
01/21/99   SUNFLOWER
1000 PM    10 S NEW LIGHT            LA   TORNADO
01/21/99   TENSAS                         SEVERAL HOUSES DESTROYED
                                          AND MANY DAMAGED
                                          THROUGHOUT PARISH

1015 PM    NEWELLTON                 LA   TORNADO
01/21/99   TENSAS                         WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
                                          THROUGHOUT PARISH

1035 PM    TALLULAH                  LA   TORNADO
01/21/99   MADISON                        *** 1 INJ ***
                                          EIGHT 18 WHEELERS AND
                                          SEVERAL CARS BLOWN OFF
                                          I-20

1103 PM    4 N INDIANOLA             MS   TORNADO
01/21/99   SUNFLOWER                      A LARGE LONG TRACK TORNADO
                                          THROUGHOUT COUNTY CAUSING
                                          WIDESPREAD DAMAGE

1115 PM    BOYLE                     MS   WIND DAMAGE
01/21/99   BOLIVAR                        EOC REPORTED ROOF BLOWN
                                          OFF HOMES

1115 PM    VICKSBURG                 MS   60 MPH TSTM GUST
01/21/99   WARREN

1115 PM    9 NNW ITTA BENA           MS   TORNADO
01/21/99   LEFLORE                        3/4 MILE WIDE DAMAGE PATH
                                          REPORTED BY MSU CHASE TEAM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 7:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	62 min
Jan 21, 8:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	47 min
Jan 21, 9:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	33 min
Jan 21, 9:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sunflower	50 min
Jan 21, 9:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena	47 min
Jan 21, 10:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Washington	48 min
Jan 21, 10:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sharkey	49 min
Jan 21, 10:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sunflower	46 min
Jan 21, 10:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena	36 min
Jan 21, 10:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Warren	32 min
Jan 21, 10:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Washington	51 min
Jan 21, 11:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar	51 min
Jan 21, 11:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leflore	48 min
Jan 21, 11:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sunflower	34 min
Jan 21, 11:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	47 min
Jan 22, 12:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	48 min
Jan 22, 8:16 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Washington	64 min
Jan 22, 8:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	34 min
Jan 22, 8:49 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sunflower	61 min
Jan 22, 8:52 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys	63 min
Jan 22, 9:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson	49 min
Jan 22, 9:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leflore	46 min
Jan 22, 9:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	45 min
Jan 22, 9:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne	49 min
Jan 22, 9:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sharkey	47 min
Jan 22, 9:39 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Yazoo	51 min
Jan 22, 10:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes	50 min
Jan 22, 10:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	47 min
Jan 22, 10:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	30 min
Jan 22, 10:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah	46 min
Jan 22, 10:17 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes	48 min
Jan 22, 10:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada	62 min
Jan 22, 10:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds	47 min
Jan 22, 10:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	46 min
Jan 22, 11:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	50 min
Jan 22, 11:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Yazoo	50 min
Jan 22, 12:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Yazoo	48 min
Jan 22, 12:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba	47 min
Jan 22, 12:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes	50 min
Jan 22, 12:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Winston	46 min
Jan 22, 1:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Oktibbeha	49 min
Jan 22, 1:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	46 min
Jan 22, 1:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Adams	48 min
Jan 22, 1:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Warren	48 min
Jan 22, 1:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sharkey	50 min
Jan 22, 1:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	51 min
Jan 22, 1:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	47 min
Jan 22, 1:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	50 min
Jan 22, 1:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys	47 min
Jan 22, 2:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds	48 min
Jan 22, 2:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	50 min
Jan 22, 2:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne	47 min
Jan 22, 2:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	47 min
Jan 22, 2:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	49 min
Jan 22, 2:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Warren	49 min
Jan 22, 2:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Holmes	49 min
Jan 22, 2:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds	49 min
Jan 22, 2:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Montgomery	47 min
Jan 22, 2:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	49 min
Jan 22, 3:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Madison	48 min
Jan 22, 3:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes	48 min
Jan 22, 3:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne	48 min
Jan 22, 3:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Webster	48 min
Jan 22, 3:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	51 min
Jan 22, 3:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah	49 min
Jan 22, 3:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds	34 min
Jan 22, 3:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin	49 min
Jan 22, 3:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala	47 min
Jan 22, 3:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	50 min
Jan 22, 4:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	45 min
Jan 22, 4:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	45 min
Jan 22, 4:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake	48 min
Jan 22, 4:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala	50 min
Jan 22, 4:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Webster	51 min
Jan 22, 4:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	50 min
Jan 22, 4:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	50 min
Jan 22, 4:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	15 min
Jan 22, 5:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lincoln	46 min
Jan 22, 5:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake	51 min
Jan 22, 5:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.