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Tornado Warning 112, NWS Jackson, MS

March 2, 1999Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 1999, 8:54 PM CST for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 min. 4 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: Mar 2, 1999, 8:54 PM CST (02:54 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 1999, 9:30 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Hinds County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 2, 8:55 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Raymond, MS	A few roofs were damaged and several road signs were blown down. Numerous trees were blown down.
Mar 2, 9:00 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Raymond, MS	The roof was blown off of a house and two cars received damage.
Mar 2, 9:10 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson, MS	Several trees were blown down.
Mar 2, 9:12 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Jackson, 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 2, 4:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 35 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: 119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

999 
WFUS1 KJAN 030255 RRA
TORJAN
MSC049-030330-

BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
854 PM CST TUE MAR 2 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 930 PM CST

* AT 853 PM CST... STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 18 MILES WEST
  OF JACKSON OR 3 MILES WEST OF RAYMOND... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  RAYMOND AT 855 PM CST
  CLINTON AT 905 PM CST
  JACKSON AT 915 PM CST

A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND GO TO THE BASEMENT IF A BASEMENT IS
NOT AVAILABLE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 6:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Yazoo	48 min
Mar 2, 7:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	49 min
Mar 2, 7:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	50 min
Mar 2, 8:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	48 min
Mar 2, 8:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne	48 min
Mar 2, 8:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala	49 min
Mar 2, 8:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	47 min
Mar 2, 8:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	50 min
Mar 2, 8:26 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Yazoo	94 min
Mar 2, 8:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	63 min
Mar 2, 8:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	63 min
Mar 2, 8:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	47 min
Mar 2, 9:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	65 min
Mar 2, 9:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	65 min
Mar 2, 9:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	16 min
Mar 2, 9:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Marion	63 min
Mar 2, 9:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott, Smith	65 min
Mar 2, 9:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	65 min
Mar 2, 9:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	49 min
Mar 2, 9:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	47 min
Mar 2, 10:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton	66 min
Mar 2, 10:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones	66 min
Mar 2, 10:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	66 min
Mar 2, 10:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	49 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.