Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 50, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 1999, 8:49 AM CST for Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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
- Jan 22, 1999, 8:49 AM CST (14:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1999, 9:50 AM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sunflower County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 9:00 AM CST | Hail 2 | Indianola, MS | Tennisball size hail caused damage to a few roofs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 3:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1363 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KJAN 221450 RRA TORJAN MSC133-221550- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 849 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 950 AM CST * AT 847 AM CST... RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANOLA OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INVERNESS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... INVERNESS AT 905 AM CST INDIANOLA AT 910 AM CST MOORHEAD AT 915 AM CST SUNFLOWER AT 920 AM CST RULEVILLE AT 930 AM CST THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 74
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 7:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 8:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 9:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 9:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 9:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 10:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 10:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 10:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 10:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 10:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 10:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 11:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 11:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 11:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 11:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 12:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 8:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 64 min |
| Jan 22, 8:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 34 min |
| Jan 22, 8:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 63 min |
| Jan 22, 9:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 9:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 9:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 45 min |
| Jan 22, 9:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 9:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 9:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 51 min |
| Jan 22, 10:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 10:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 10:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 30 min |
| Jan 22, 10:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 10:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 10:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 62 min |
| Jan 22, 10:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 10:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 11:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 12:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 12:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 12:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 12:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 1:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Oktibbeha | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 1:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 1:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 1:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 1:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 1:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 51 min |
| Jan 22, 1:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 2:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 2:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 2:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 2:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 2:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 2:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 2:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 2:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 2:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 3:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Madison | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 3:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 3:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 51 min |
| Jan 22, 3:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 34 min |
| Jan 22, 3:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 3:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jan 22, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 45 min |
| Jan 22, 4:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 4:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 51 min |
| Jan 22, 4:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 4:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 15 min |
| Jan 22, 5:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 5:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 51 min |
| Jan 22, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 5:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 46 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.