Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 105, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1999, 4:06 AM CDT for Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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
- Apr 26, 1999, 4:06 AM CDT (09:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1999, 4:40 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 4:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Nettleton, MS | Several trees were knocked down producing some power outages. |
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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 4:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross | 45 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1999Every tornado warning in 1999Tornadoes in 1999
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.