Tornado Warning 110, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Feb 27, 1999, 5:59 PM CST (23:59 UTC)

Expired

Feb 27, 1999, 6:50 PM CST

In force

51 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

County Covington County, MS

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.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 272359 RRA
TORJAN
MSC031-280050-

BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
559 PM CST SAT FEB 27 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 650 PM CST

* AT 559 PM CST... RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLLINS OR 3 MILES WEST
  OF MOUNT OLIVE... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE FOLLOWING LOCATION IS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...
  MOUNT OLIVE AT 600 PM CST

* THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN ADDITION
  TO THE THREAT OF TORNADOES.

ABANDON MOBILE HOMES! GO IN A NEARBY STURDY BU\ILDING. AS A LAST
RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

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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.