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Tornado Warning 129, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 1999, 11:53 PM CDT for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 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, 11:53 PM CDT (04:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1999, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Forrest County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 11:58 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Hattiesburg, MS | This weak tornado touched down in Hattiesburg with no damage reported. |
| Apr 15, 12:03 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Hattiesburg, MS | Golfball size hail caused minor damage to homes and automobiles. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 836 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KJAN 150454 RRA TORJAN MSC035-150545- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1153 PM CDT WED APR 14 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT * AT 1153 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN THE VICINITY OF HATTIESBURG... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... HATTIESBURG NOW PETAL AT 1157 PM CDT ABANDON MOBILE HOMES GO IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. 64
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
717 PM CDT WED APR 14 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM DARNELL LA WIND DAMAGE
04/14/99 WEST CARROLL SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES
DAMAGED...TREE DOWN ACROSS
ROAD...POWERLINES DOWN
0555 PM 3 S LAKE PROVIDENCE LA WIND DAMAGE
04/14/99 EAST CARROLL LARGE SHED BLOWN INTO
HIGHWAY 65 AND DESTROYED
0605 PM FITLER MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/99 ISSAQUENA
0620 PM 5 SW ROLLING FORK MS 1 INCH HAIL
04/14/99 SHARKEY
0622 PM 2 W ROLLING FORK MS TORNADO
04/14/99 SHARKEY SPOTTER REPORTED A BRIEF
TOUCHDOWN IN AN OPEN
FIELD...NO APPARENT DAMAGELocal storm report, Apr 14, 7:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
717 PM CDT WED APR 14 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM DARNELL LA WIND DAMAGE
04/14/99 WEST CARROLL SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES
DAMAGED...TREE DOWN ACROSS
ROAD...POWERLINES DOWN
0555 PM 3 S LAKE PROVIDENCE LA WIND DAMAGE
04/14/99 EAST CARROLL LARGE SHED BLOWN INTO
HIGHWAY 65 AND DESTROYED
0605 PM FITLER MS .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/99 ISSAQUENA
0620 PM 5 SW ROLLING FORK MS 1 INCH HAIL
04/14/99 SHARKEY
0622 PM 2 W ROLLING FORK MS TORNADO
04/14/99 SHARKEY SPOTTER REPORTED A BRIEF
TOUCHDOWN IN AN OPEN
FIELD...NO APPARENT DAMAGEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Leflore | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 10:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 11:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 12:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.