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Tornado Warning 94, NWS Jackson, MS

January 29, 1999Lincoln County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 29, 1999, 5:33 PM CST for Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 57 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 29, 1999, 5:33 PM CST (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jan 29, 1999, 6:30 PM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 29, 6:00 PM CSTHail 0.75Brookhaven, MS

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 nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1999-01-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1999-01-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 292333 RRA
TORJAN
MSC085-300030-

BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
533 PM CST FRI JAN 29 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 533 PM CST... RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 14 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BROOKHAVEN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE FOLLOWING LOCATION IS IN THE PATH OF THIjS DANGEROUS STORM...
  BROOKHAVEN AT 610 PM CST

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

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 2:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington and 1 more6 hr
Jan 29, 2:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Grenada6 hr
Jan 29, 2:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANIssaquena6 hr
Jan 29, 2:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar6 hr
Jan 29, 2:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison48 min
Jan 29, 2:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin49 min
Jan 29, 4:19 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala4 hr
Jan 29, 4:33 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams5 hr
Jan 29, 4:33 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANJefferson5 hr
Jan 29, 5:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin50 min
Jan 29, 5:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANFranklin33 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.