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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Jackson, MS

January 22, 1999Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 1999, 3:07 PM CST for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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, 3:07 PM CST (21:07 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 1999, 3:55 PM CST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Holmes 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, 2:15 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 222107 RRA
TORJAN
MSC007-051-089-222155-

BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
307 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 355 PM CST

* AT 305 PM CST... RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTH OF
  LEXINGTON OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PICKENS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  PICKENS AT 310 PM CST
  GOODMAN AT 315 PM CST
  LEXINGTON AT 325 PM CST
  DURANT AT 325 PM CST
  KOSCIUSKO AT 340 PM >CST

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

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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, 4 hours 44 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/

Local storm report, Jan 22, 3:00 PM CST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
300 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0715 AM    BASTROP                   LA   1 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   MOREHOUSE                      QUATER SIZE HAIL IN
                                          BASTROP

0720 AM                              LA   1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   MOREHOUSE                      GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT MER
                                          ROGUE

0823 AM    EUDORA                    AR   TORNADO
01/22/99   CHICOT                         TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
                                          EUDORA REPORTED BY AHP.
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL ALSO
                                          REPORTED IN EUDORA.

0830 AM                              MS   .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   WASHINGTON                     NICKEL SIZE HAIL NEAR THE
                                          RIVER

0936 AM    SCHLATER                  MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   LEFLORE                        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT
                                          SCHLATER

1057 AM    WINONA                    MS   60 MPH TSTM GUST
01/22/99   MONTGOMERY                     60 MPH TSTM GUST

1058 AM    RAYMOND                   MS   .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   HINDS                          DIME SIZE HAIL IN RAYMOND
                                          REPORTED BY HINDS EOC

1100 AM    GRENADA                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
01/22/99   GRENADA                        POWER LINES DOWN REPORTED
                                          BY GRENADA EOC

1100 AM    RAYMOND                   MS   TORNADO
01/22/99   HINDS                          TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR
                                          AIRPORT

1215 PM    JONESVILLE                LA   TORNADO
01/22/99   CATAHOULA                      TORNADO TOUCH DOWN AT
                                          JONESVILLE.

1225 PM    NOXAPATER                 MS   .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   WINSTON                        DIME SIZE HAIL AT
                                          NOXAPATER

1225 PM    PHILADELPHIA              MS   .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   NESHOBA                        NICKEL SIZE HAIL 8 MILES
                                          NW OF PHILADELPHIA

1225 PM    BENTON                    MS   .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   YAZOO                          DIME SIZE HAIL AT BENTON
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC

0100 PM                              LA   1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   TENSAS                         GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 12
                                          MILES W OF ST. JOSEPH

0131 PM                              LA   .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   MADISON                        DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES W
                                          OF VICKSBURG

0115 PM    FERRIDAY                  LA   TORNADO
01/22/99   CONCORDIA                      TRONADO TOUCH DOWN AT
                                          FERRIDAY.

0142 PM    VICKSBURG                 MS   .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   WARREN                         NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT
                                          VICKSBURG

0159 PM    VICKSBURG                 MS   1 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   WARREN                         QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR
                                          VICKSBURG

0203 PM    WASHINGTON                MS   1.25 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   ADAMS                          HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AT
                                          WASHINGTON

0230 PM    VAIDEN                    MS   TORNADO
01/22/99   CARROLL                        TORNADO ON GROUND AT
                                          VAIDEN REPORTED BY MHP.

0240 PM    CLINTON                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
01/22/99   HINDS                          SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE
                                          CLINTON AREA

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, 2:08 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, 3:12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.