Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 92, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 1999, 6:50 PM CST for Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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
- Jan 22, 1999, 6:50 PM CST (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1999, 7:35 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Neshoba County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 6:50 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Philadelphia, MS | |
| Jan 22, 7:00 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Philadelphia, MS | Golfball size hail caused minor roof and automobile damage. |
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, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 456 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 644 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 12.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KJAN 230049 RRA TORJAN MSC099-230135- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 650 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 735 PM CST * AT 647 PM CST... RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN THE VICINITY OF PHILADELPHIA... MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH PHILADELPHIA BY 700 PM. IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 72
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, Jan 22, 3:00 PM CST, 3 hours 50 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 AREAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 6:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Scott, Smith | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 6:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 6:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 7:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 7:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 7:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 85 min |
| Jan 22, 8:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 8:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 51 min |
| Jan 22, 8:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 8:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 94 min |
| Jan 22, 9:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 95 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.