Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 115, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 1999, 11:49 PM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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 8, 1999, 11:49 PM CST (05:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 1999, 12:35 AM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 11:50 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, MS | Numerous trees were blown down throughout the county. |
| Mar 8, 11:50 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Countywide, MS | |
| Mar 9, 12:05 AM CST | Hail 1 | Laurel, 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 8, 10:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 674 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 090551 RRA TORJAN MSC067-090635- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1149 PM CST MON MAR 8 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1235 AM CST * AT 1147 PM CST... RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR THE PINE BELT REGIONAL AIRPORT MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... MOSELLE SHORTLY OVETTE BY 1200 AM 76
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 7:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 48 min |
| Mar 8, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 49 min |
| Mar 8, 9:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 48 min |
| Mar 8, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Madison, Rankin | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Mar 8, 10:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 10:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott, Smith | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 10:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 49 min |
| Mar 8, 10:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 50 min |
| Mar 8, 10:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Mar 8, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 49 min |
| Mar 8, 11:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 11:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 11:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 12:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 12:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.