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Tornado Warning 105, NWS Memphis, TN

April 26, 1999Lee County, Mississippi

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.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 4:15 AM CDTThunderstorm WindNettleton, MSSeveral 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 3:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee31 min
Apr 26, 4:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba34 min
Apr 26, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips46 min
Apr 26, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, St. Francis45 min
Apr 26, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross45 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.