Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 22, 1999, 8:01 PM CST for Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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 22, 1999, 8:01 PM CST (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1999, 8:50 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 8:17 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Purvis, MS | A roof was torn off of a building. |
| Jan 22, 8:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, MS | Numerous trees were blown down throughout the county. |
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 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, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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, 7:30 PM CST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
730 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 PM FLORA MS .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 MADISON
0300 PM 8 W LEXINGTON MS TORNADO
01/22/99 HOLMES
0337 PM 3 SE BRANDON MS 1.5 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 RANKIN
0345 PM 4 W BYRAM MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 HINDS
0346 PM CLINTON MS 1.5 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 HINDS
0350 PM CLINTON MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 HINDS
0400 PM CLINTON MS WIND DAMAGE
01/22/99 HINDS ROOF BLOWN OFF COMMERCIAL
BUILDING
0406 PM 5 SW CANTON MS 1 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 MADISON
0415 PM 4 NW MADISON MS 2.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 MADISON BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED AT LAKE CAROLINE
BY MADISON CO EOC
0430 PM CRYSTAL SPGS MS .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 COPIAH
0430 PM 4 NNW HAZLEHURST MS .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 COPIAH
0450 PM KOSCIUSKO MS .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 ATTALA
0515 PM FLORENCE MS .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 RANKIN
0535 PM JAYESS MS 1 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 LAWRENCE
0550 PM TOPEKA MS TORNADO
01/22/99 LAWRENCE UNCONFIRMED REPORT
0550 PM BRANDON MS 1 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 RANKIN
0638 PM STARKVILLE MS .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 OKTIBBEHA
0650 PM PHILADELPHIA MS .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 NESHOBA
0700 PM 7 NE PHILADELPHIA MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 NESHOBA
0715 PM MONTICELLO MS FLOODING
01/22/99 LAWRENCE WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF
ROADS IN LAWRENCE COUNTYLocal storm report, Jan 22, 7:30 PM CST, 31 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 6:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Scott, Smith | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 6:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 6:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 6:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 45 min |
| Jan 22, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 7:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 7:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 7:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 85 min |
| Jan 22, 8:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 51 min |
| Jan 22, 8:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 8:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 94 min |
| Jan 22, 9:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 95 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.