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Tornado Warning 119, NWS Jackson, MS

April 14, 1999Sharkey County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 1999, 6:05 PM CDT for Sharkey County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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
Apr 14, 1999, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 1999, 6:40 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Sharkey County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 14, 6:20 PM CDTHail 1Rolling Fork, MS
Apr 14, 6:22 PM CDTTornado F0Rolling Fork, MSThis weak tornado touched down in an open field with no damage reported.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 93 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1999-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1999-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1238 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 142306
TORJAN
MSC125-142340-

BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
605 PM CDT WED APR 14 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 640 PM CDT

* AT 604 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  ROLLING FORK OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  65 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE xPATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  CARY  AT 610 PM CDT
  ROLLING FORK AT 615 PM CDT


IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena48 min
Apr 14, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena35 min
Apr 14, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys48 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.