Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL

January 22, 1999Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 22, 1999, 9:20 PM CST for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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, 9:20 PM CST (03:20 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 1999, 10:00 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 22, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1999-01-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1843 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1999-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 283 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1843 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.2
Supercell composite
12.2

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The text

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

999 
WUUS1 KMOB 230321 RRA
SVRMOB
MSC041-111-153-230400-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
920 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1000 PM CST

* AT 920 PM CST... AS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM EAST OF LAUREL TO JUST WEST OF NEW
AUGUSTA...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.  WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED
WITH THESE STORMS IN THE PAST FEW MINUTES.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE TO NEAR A WAYNESBORO TO BEAUMONT
LINE BY 945 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 6:21 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne39 min
Jan 22, 7:58 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne47 min
Jan 22, 8:38 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.