Tornado, Bolivar
- When
- January 21, 9:34 PM CST to 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Bolivar County, Shaw
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -90.820
Tornadoes in Mississippi, January 21, 1999
This weak tornado was tracked by emergency management officials across Bolivar and Sunflower Counties. The tornado moved across open areas and no damage was reported.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
This weak tornado was tracked by emergency management officials across Bolivar and Sunflower Counties. The tornado moved across open areas and no damage was reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Sunflower
- When
- January 21, 9:35 PM CST to 9:37 PM CST
- Where
- Sunflower County, Fairview to 6 mi N of Fairview
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -90.780
Tornado, Bolivar
- When
- January 21, 9:37 PM CST to 9:42 PM CST
- Where
- Bolivar County, Boyle to 6 mi SE of Boyle
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -90.730
Tornado, Sunflower
- When
- January 21, 9:42 PM CST to 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Sunflower County, Linn to 2 mi of Ruleville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -90.670
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, January 21 to 23, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 1999Warnings in Mississippi, January 1999
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5681649, 5681650, 5681651, 5681652.