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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 574, NWS Jackson, MS

August 9, 1999Scott County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1999, 4:32 PM CDT for Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 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
Aug 9, 1999, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1999, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Scott County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 9, 4:55 PM CDTThunderstorm WindForest, MSTwo trees were blown down across a city street.

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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 12:00Z on 1999-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3127 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 12:00Z on 1999-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 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
Aug 9, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin35 min
Aug 9, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson34 min
Aug 9, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin33 min
Aug 9, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson34 min
Aug 9, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence37 min
Aug 9, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley47 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.