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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 1999, 2:08 PM CST for Claiborne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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
- Jan 22, 1999, 2:08 PM CST (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1999, 2:55 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Claiborne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 9:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 958 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 222008 RRA TORJAN MSC021-222055- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 208 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 255 PM CST * AT 206 PM CST... RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORT GIBSON OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF FAYETTE... MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * THE FOLLOWING LOCATION IS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM... PORT GIBSON AT 235 PM CST HERMANVILLE AT 240 PM CST IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 76
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
Special weather statement, Jan 22, 10:23 AM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 230400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1030 AM CST THU JAN 21 1999 ...SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT... A PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDANT JET STREAM ENERGY AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE ALREADY IN PLACE TO TRIGGER AN OUTBREAK OF SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. A LINE OF STRONG STORMS WILL BE PASSING THROUGH THE STATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN RAPIDLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS AS THEY RACE NORTHEASTWARD. THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL MEAN EXTREMELY HIGH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH VERY LARGE HAIL. WITH STRONG...LOW LEVEL WINDS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO FORMATION...INCLUDING ISOLATED VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES. WHEN WARNINGS ARE ISSUED...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT IMMEDIATE SAFETY ACTIONS BE TAKEN...YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT. AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE STATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY...COOLER MORE STABLE AIR WILL PREVENT THE FORMATION OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT/CIVIL DEFENSE PERSONNEL WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/
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, 8:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 61 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, 2:18 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 |
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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.