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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS

March 9, 2006Bolivar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2006, 11:42 AM CST for Bolivar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2006, 11:42 AM CST (17:42 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2006, 12:17 PM CST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bolivar County, MS

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 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
Mar 9, 11:42 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 N Benoit, MS	NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NORTH OF BENOIT.
Mar 9, 11:58 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nnw Cleveland, MS	STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A TRAILER PARK NW OF CLEVELAND. ROOF DAMAGE OT A FEW HOUSES NNW OF CLEVELAND. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF POWER POLES SNAPPED OFF OF HWY 8 W OF CLEVELAND. REPORTS CONTINUE TO COME INTO THE EOC.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 9, 11:29 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 091742
TORJAN
MSC011-091830-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0008.060309T1742Z-060309T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1142 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...SHAW...CLEVELAND

* UNTIL 1230 PM CST

* AT 1142 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BENOIT...OR
  ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 70 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOYLE BY 1150 AM CST...
  RENOVA AND CLEVELAND BY 1155 AM CST...
  MOUND BAYOU AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBY BY NOON CST...

SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3364 9067 3362 9076 3356 9078 3356 9102
      3368 9112 3366 9106 3371 9100 3376 9104
      3377 9100 3384 9095 3404 9066

$$

GARRETT

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 091817
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1217 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

MSC011-091827-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060309T1830Z/
BOLIVAR MS-
1217 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BOLIVAR COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3364 9067 3362 9076 3356 9078 3356 9102
      3368 9112 3366 9106 3371 9100 3376 9104
      3377 9100 3384 9095 3404 9066

$$

GARRETT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 11:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	50 min
Mar 9, 11:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	47 min
Mar 9, 11:34 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Washington	41 min
Mar 9, 11:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sunflower	49 min
Mar 9, 11:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	63 min
Mar 9, 12:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys	59 min
Mar 9, 12:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leflore	46 min
Mar 9, 12:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leflore	46 min
Mar 9, 12:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	49 min
Mar 9, 12:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada	65 min
Mar 9, 12:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	75 min
Mar 9, 12:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson	54 min
Mar 9, 12:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes	53 min
Mar 9, 1:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	68 min
Mar 9, 1:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	61 min
Mar 9, 1:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Holmes	61 min
Mar 9, 1:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Webster	61 min
Mar 9, 1:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	49 min
Mar 9, 2:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	29 min
Mar 9, 2:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	65 min
Mar 9, 2:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw	40 min
Mar 9, 2:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	67 min
Mar 9, 2:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Oktibbeha	51 min
Mar 9, 2:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	52 min
Mar 9, 2:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	54 min
Mar 9, 3:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	30 min
Mar 9, 3:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	56 min
Mar 9, 3:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton, Scott	58 min
Mar 9, 3:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	54 min
Mar 9, 3:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	37 min
Mar 9, 3:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	66 min
Mar 9, 3:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	40 min
Mar 9, 3:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	68 min
Mar 9, 4:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	30 min
Mar 9, 5:59 PM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	JAN	Bolivar, Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Humphreys, Issaquena and 7 more	3 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.