Mississippi, 1999

Tornadoes in Mississippi, January 21, 1999

January 21, 1999 · NWS JAN · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$55,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 166 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:09 UTC.

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Event by event

2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Bolivar

When
January 21, 3:10 PM CST
Where
Bolivar County, 2 mi E of Malvina
Rating
F1
Path length
2 mi
Path width
100 yd
Property damage
$30,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
33.850, -90.900

Two mobile homes were destroyed and several other houses had minor damage.

Tornado, Bolivar

When
January 21, 3:16 PM CST
Where
Bolivar County, Cleveland
Rating
F1
Path length
2 mi
Path width
75 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
33.750, -90.730

One mobile home was over-turned and a roof was torn off of a shop. A tractor was also flipped over.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5681552, 5681553.