Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 130, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1999, 12:23 AM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1999, 12:23 AM CDT (05:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1999, 12:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones County, MS
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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 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
- 219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1104 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 150523 RRA TORJAN MSC067-150555- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1223 AM CDT THU APR 15 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1255 AM CDT * AT 1221 AM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAUREL OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELLISVILLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MAINLYl AFFECT SMALLER COMMUNITIES AND RURAL AREAS. 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, 5 hours 6 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, 5 hours 6 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 DAMAGESpecial weather statement, Apr 15, 12:00 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-141000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1200 AM CDT WED APR 15 1999 ...TORNADO WATCH 156 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST MISSISSIPPI... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 156 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. THE THREAT STILL CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF EAST MISSISSIPPI. THE CLEARED COUNTIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ADAMS...FRANKLIN....JEFFERSON...CLAIBORNE...COPIAH...HINDS...WARREN ...ISSAQUENA...SHARKEY...YAZOO...HUMPHREYS...HOLMES...LEFLORE AND CARROLL. TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH 4 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING GRENADA...MARION...LAMAR...FORREST...LINCOLN...LAWRENCE...JEFFERSON DAWIS...COVINGTON...JONES...SIMPSON...SMITH...JASPER...CLARKE... RANKIN...SCOTT...NEWTON...LAUDERDALE...MADISON...LEAKE...NESHOBA... KEMPER...ATTALA...WINSTON...NOXUBEE...MONTGOMERY...CHOCTAW... OKTIBBEHA...LOWDNES...WEBSTER...CLAY.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 12:00 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-141000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1200 AM CDT WED APR 15 1999 ...TORNADO WATCH 156 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST MISSISSIPPI... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 156 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. THE THREAT STILL CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF EAST MISSISSIPPI. THE CLEARED COUNTIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ADAMS...FRANKLIN....JEFFERSON...CLAIBORNE...COPIAH...HINDS...WARREN ...ISSAQUENA...SHARKEY...YAZOO...HUMPHREYS...HOLMES...LEFLORE AND CARROLL. TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH 4 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING GRENADA...MARION...LAMAR...FORREST...LINCOLN...LAWRENCE...JEFFERSON DAWIS...COVINGTON...JONES...SIMPSON...SMITH...JASPER...CLARKE... RANKIN...SCOTT...NEWTON...LAUDERDALE...MADISON...LEAKE...NESHOBA... KEMPER...ATTALA...WINSTON...NOXUBEE...MONTGOMERY...CHOCTAW... OKTIBBEHA...LOWDNES...WEBSTER...CLAY.
The 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 14, 11:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.