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Tornado Warning 108, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 1999, 5:45 PM CST for Jefferson Davis County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 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
- Feb 27, 1999, 5:45 PM CST (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 1999, 6:35 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jefferson Davis County, MS, Simpson County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 6:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, MS | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 67 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KJAN 272344 RRA TORJAN MSC065-127-280035- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 545 PM CST SAT FEB 27 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 635 PM CST * AT 544 PM CST... RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MENDENHALL... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE FOLLOWING LOCATION IS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM... MAGEE AT 600 PM CST * IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM...THIS STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES GO IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. 68
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 1:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 48 min |
| Feb 27, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Feb 27, 2:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Feb 27, 3:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Feb 27, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 49 min |
| Feb 27, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 36 min |
| Feb 27, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 48 min |
| Feb 27, 3:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 36 min |
| Feb 27, 3:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Simpson | 49 min |
| Feb 27, 3:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 51 min |
| Feb 27, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 48 min |
| Feb 27, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 51 min |
| Feb 27, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 47 min |
| Feb 27, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery, Webster | 50 min |
| Feb 27, 4:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson | 47 min |
| Feb 27, 4:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 49 min |
| Feb 27, 4:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 49 min |
| Feb 27, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 47 min |
| Feb 27, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 46 min |
| Feb 27, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 46 min |
| Feb 27, 4:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 46 min |
| Feb 27, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 49 min |
| Feb 27, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston | 47 min |
| Feb 27, 5:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 50 min |
| Feb 27, 5:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin | 33 min |
| Feb 27, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 49 min |
| Feb 27, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 51 min |
| Feb 27, 5:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 36 min |
| Feb 27, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 50 min |
| Feb 27, 5:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 33 min |
| Feb 27, 5:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 49 min |
| Feb 27, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 50 min |
| Feb 27, 5:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 36 min |
| Feb 27, 5:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 32 min |
| Feb 27, 5:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 49 min |
| Feb 27, 5:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.