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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Jackson, MS

January 8, 2008Kemper County, Noxubee County, Winston County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 2008, 7:28 PM CST for Kemper County, Noxubee County, Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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 8, 2008, 7:28 PM CST (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 2008, 8:15 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kemper County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Winston County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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 8, 6:36 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2008-01-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1097 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2008-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 259 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1097 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
6.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 8, 6:44 PM CST, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 6:44 PM CST, 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
644 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

.DISCUSSION...ONCE AGAIN...IM ISSUING YET ANOTHER UPDATE TO ALL
PRODUCTS AS A RESULT OF NEWLY ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 11 IN EFFECT
UNTIL 07Z WEDNESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST...SOUTH
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.  THIS WATCH WILL REPLACE
TORNADO WATCH 10.  THIS UPDATE WILL ALSO BE TO REMOVE SOME COUNTIES
FROM THE PREVIOUS WATCH.

UPDATED PRODUCTS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. /19/

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...SHORT TERM...ANOMALOUS WARMTH AND LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY HAS GIVEN THE ATMOSPHERE ENOUGH
INSTABILITY TO FUEL SOME POTENT STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONT. UPPER LEVEL FORCING AND SURFACE
PRESSURE LEVELS ARE BORDERLINE FOR SEEING WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
IN THE ARKLAMISS...BUT LEVELS OF INSTABILITY ARE APPARENTLY TIPPING
THE SCALES IN FAVOR FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POTENT STORMS. MOST OF THE
SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE VICINITY OF THE FRONTAL
ZONE NORTH OF I-20 THIS EVENING (WHERE ATMOSPHERIC SHEAR AND FORCING
IS BEST). HOWEVER...LONE SUPERCELL NOW HEADING TOWARD THE SOUTH SIDE
OF THE METRO FORMED WELL OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN AN AREA THOUGHT
TO BE THERMALLY CAPPED TO DEEP CONVECTION. EXPECTING A GOOD BIT OF
THE ACTIVITY TO CALM DOWN WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THE SETTING
SUN ALLOWS INSTABILITY TO LESSEN AND SHEAR WANES WITH SURFACE LOW
PULLING WELL TO THE NORTH. STILL WILL BE ENOUGH JUICE AND FORCING TO
CONTINUE SHOWERS AND WEAKER STORMS WITH THE FRONT THROUGH EARLY
MORNING AS THE BOUNDARY PROGRESSES WEST TO EAST. HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS
SHOULD OCCUR OVER NORTHERN ZONES WITH ALMOST ALL AREAS RECEIVING
AMOUNTS UNDER ONE INCH. COOLER AIR COMING IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT
WILL BE FELT BY MORNING...BUT TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 40 TO 50
FROM NORTH TO THE SOUTH WILL NOT FEEL THAT BAD FOR EARLY JANUARY.

LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRED AT 6 PM SINCE PRESSURE GRADIENTS SHOULD DROP OFF
DRAMATICALLY BY THAT TIME. /BB/

.LONG TERM...DECENT POCKET OF MOISTURE REMAINS IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT...JUST SHY OF 700 MB OVER SERN ZONES. WEAK
VERTICAL MOTION IS NOTED WITH WEAK WAVES IN UPPER FLOW AND LIFTED
INDICES SUGGEST THAT A SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THIS WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN AT
LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER MOST SRN ZONES THROUGH
TOMORROW. THE FRONT STALLS JUST OFFSHORE FOR MOST OF THE DAY
WEDNESDAY BUT BEGINS TO EDGE INLAND LATE...LIFTING ACROSS MUCH OF
THE FORECAST AREA BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. THE RETURNING WARM FRONT WILL
SERVE AS THE LEADING EDGE OF LOWER 60S BACK INTO THE
REGION...LEAVING ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN PLACE WHEN THE NEXT FRONTAL
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE AIR MASS DESTABILIZES FROM THE SOUTHEAST WED NIGHT WITH SURFACE
DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 60S FOR MOST AREAS S OF INTERSTATE 20 AND
LAPSE RATES NEARING 6 DEGS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND STRONGER STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE TOWARD DAYBREAK
THURSDAY. THE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE DURING THE DAY
AND THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL INTENSIFY AS IT SHIFTS EWD ACROSS THE
REGION. UPPER SUPPORT WILL BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT WITH A 120+KT 250
MB JET EXTENDING ACROSS NWRN MS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WITH HEALTHY
SHEAR DEVELOPING (0-1KM HELICITY VALUES RANGE FROM 150-200) AND
SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY SETTING UP...THE STAGE WILL BE SET FOR
ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF THE
AREA THURSDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM VICKSBURG TO COLUMBUS WILL SEE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE
WEATHER.

THE FRONT LIFTS TO THE EAST THURSDAY NIGHT AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
IN FRIDAY. MODELS DIVERGE ON THE SOLUTIONS FOR THE WEEKEND. THE GFS
IS PULLING BACK ON POPS FOR THE WEEKEND...KEEPING THE LOW WELL
OFFSHORE NOW. THE EURO SHIFTS A FLAT SURFACE TROUGH NEAR THE REGION
AND MAINTAINS RAIN CHANCES FOR LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WILL LEAVE
SMALLER RAIN CHANCES IN FORECAST FOR NOW CONSIDERING MODEL
UNCERTAINTY.

GENERALLY FOLLOWED PREVIOUS FORECAST THINKING ON EXTENDED PORTIONS.
PREVIOUS EXTENDED DISCUSSION IS ATTACHED:
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN FRIDAY BEHIND THE STORM SYSTEM. THIS WILL
KEEP THE AREA DRY FOR FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES
NEAR CLIMATOLOGY.  BY SATURDAY WE SEE ANOTHER SHORTWAVE APPROACH THE
AREA.  A SURFACE LOW SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHWESTERN GULF AND
MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF.  THIS SHOULD BRING SHOWERS TO
THE AREA FOR SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY.  HAVE REMAINED RATHER CLOSE
TO GUI POPS FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK
WE SHOULD SEE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILD IN OVER THE REGION AND
THIS IS IN SOMEWHAT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ECMWF AND GFS.  HAVE WENT
AHEAD AND LOWERED POPS A BIT TO TAKE OUT MENTION OF ANY SHOWERS FOR
THIS TIME PERIOD UNTIL TUESDAY WHEN THE HIGH SHOULD BEGIN TO SHIFT
TO THE EAST.  TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED SHOULD REMAIN NEAR
CLIMATOLOGY WITH A DRIER AND COOLER AIRMASS MOVING INTO THE REGION
BEHIND THE SYSTEM THURSDAY.  HIGHS LOOK TO BE IN THE 40S AND 50S
WITH LOWS AROUND FREEZING...GIVE OR TAKE A FEW DEGREES...FOR THE
WEEKEND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. /14/

&&

.AVIATION...
STORMY WEATHER PRECEDING A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS EVENING WILL BE
THE MAIN STORY FOR THE ARKLAMISS REGION TONIGHT. EXPECT SOME STORMS
TO BE SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-20.
WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO NORTHERLY BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT SHOULD
NOT BE TOO GUSTY. EXPECT BRIEF IFR (AND NOT QUITE AS BRIEF MVFR)
CONDITIONS TO ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS
SHOULD BE MOSTLY VFR BY EARLY TOMORROW WITH CLOUD DECKS ABOVE 5 KFT.
/BB/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       49  61  55  69 /  73  16  42  68
MERIDIAN      51  61  56  71 /  85  21  67  75
VICKSBURG     48  61  53  68 /  43  14  27  58
HATTIESBURG   52  63  58  72 /  66  24  45  70
NATCHEZ       48  60  53  70 /  49  21  23  68
GREENVILLE    44  58  51  63 /  31   6  22  43
GREENWOOD     44  60  52  64 /  46   9  33  52

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 7:26 PM CST, 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
726 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
100130-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-
LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-
OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-
ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-
SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-
CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-
JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
726 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA...WILL CONTINUE TO ALSO TRACK EAST ACROSS MUCH OF
CENTRAL...EAST...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS
EVENING.

STORMS HAVE CLEARED WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. LEVELS OF
INSTABILITY AND SHEAR ARE STILL SUCH ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...
EAST...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...THAT SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. ANY STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO AT LEAST 45 MPH. HOWEVER...SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG DAMAGING
WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. SEVERE STORMS AT PRESENT LOOK TO BE
CONFINED TO LOCATIONS EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR.

AS THE LINE OF STORMS EXITS EACH COUNTY...THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK
WILL QUICKLY COME TO AN END. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD END
ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA BY MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY. A WAVE OF
GULF MOISTURE WILL LIFT INLAND AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...SETTING THE STAGE FOR MORE POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. A FEW STRONGER STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE JUST
BEFORE DAY BREAK THURSDAY BUT THE PRIME TIME FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE DURING THE DAY THURSDAY WHEN THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS
THROUGH. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO VICKSBURG
WILL SEE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MOST PREVALENT SEVERE STORM RISK BUT
TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...THE PROBABILITY FOR
WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED FOR TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 8, 6:47 PM CST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
647 PM CST TUE JAN 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BELLEFONTAINE           33.65N 89.31W
01/08/2008                   WEBSTER            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AROUND THE BELLEFONTAINE
            AREA.

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WALTHALL                33.61N 89.28W
01/08/2008                   WEBSTER            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            2 TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ON SHAW
            ROAD.

&&

JFAIRLY
Local storm report, Jan 8, 6:48 PM CST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
648 PM CST TUE JAN 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0642 PM     HAIL             COLUMBUS AFB            33.63N 88.45W
01/08/2008  E1.00 INCH       LOWNDES            MS   OTHER FEDERAL

&&

CME
Local storm report, Jan 8, 6:51 PM CST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
651 PM CST TUE JAN 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0557 PM     HAIL             PHEBA                   33.58N 88.95W
01/08/2008  E0.75 INCH       CLAY               MS   PUBLIC

&&

SWILKINS
Local storm report, Jan 8, 6:59 PM CST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
659 PM CST TUE JAN 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W WEST LINCOLN        31.49N 90.62W
01/08/2008                   LINCOLN            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A TREE FELL CAUSING DAMAGE TO A CAR AND HOUSE.

&&

SWILKINS
Local storm report, Jan 8, 7:09 PM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
709 PM CST TUE JAN 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0705 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CALEDONIA               33.68N 88.33W
01/08/2008                   LOWNDES            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            2 TREES DOWN NEAR CALEDONIA AND 1 TREE DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY
            50 EAST OF COLUMBUS

&&

SWILKINS
Local storm report, Jan 8, 7:11 PM CST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
711 PM CST TUE JAN 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0155 PM     HAIL             FOUNTAIN HILL           33.36N 91.85W
01/08/2008  E1.00 INCH       ASHLEY             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.

0220 PM     HAIL             3 NE DERMOTT            33.56N 91.40W
01/08/2008  E1.75 INCH       CHICOT             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GOLF BALL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR THE HWY
            65 AND HWY 165 SPLIT.

0245 PM     HAIL             5 N LAKE VILLAGE        33.40N 91.28W
01/08/2008  E0.25 INCH       CHICOT             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED ON HWY 65.

0343 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNW DODDSVILLE        33.67N 90.53W
01/08/2008                   SUNFLOWER          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 49 BETWEEN DODDSVILLE AND
            RULEVILLE.

0344 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N LAMONT              33.55N 91.08W
01/08/2008                   BOLIVAR            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEMI-TRUCK TOWING A MOBILE HOME WAS BLOWN OFF THE
            RD...MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED.

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FAYETTE                 31.71N 91.06W
01/08/2008                   JEFFERSON          MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN FAYETTE.

0347 PM     HAIL             FAYETTE                 31.71N 91.06W
01/08/2008  E1.00 INCH       JEFFERSON          MS   PUBLIC

0350 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOORHEAD                33.45N 90.51W
01/08/2008                   SUNFLOWER          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MENS DORM DAMAGED AT DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

0403 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SCHLATER                33.64N 90.35W
01/08/2008                   LEFLORE            MS   PUBLIC

            A COUPLE OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN TOWN.

0403 PM     HAIL             SCHLATER                33.64N 90.35W
01/08/2008  E0.75 INCH       LEFLORE            MS   PUBLIC

0426 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S HOLCOMB             33.73N 89.98W
01/08/2008                   GRENADA            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A COUPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

0443 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S CARROLLTON          33.46N 89.92W
01/08/2008                   CARROLL            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A COUPLE OF TREES WERE BLOWN OFF HWY 17S.

0447 PM     HAIL             3 NW DUCK HILL          33.66N 89.75W
01/08/2008  E0.75 INCH       MONTGOMERY         MS   AMATEUR RADIO

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W WEST LINCOLN        31.49N 90.62W
01/08/2008                   LINCOLN            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A TREE FELL CAUSING DAMGE TO A CAR AND HOUSE

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BELLEFONTAINE           33.65N 89.31W
01/08/2008                   WEBSTER            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AROUND THE BELLEFONTAINE
            AREA.

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WALTHALL                33.61N 89.28W
01/08/2008                   WEBSTER            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            2 TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ON SHAW
            ROAD.

0536 PM     HAIL             CLARKSON                33.64N 89.15W
01/08/2008  E1.00 INCH       WEBSTER            MS   PUBLIC

0538 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N HARRISVILLE         31.99N 90.08W
01/08/2008                   SIMPSON            MS   PUBLIC

            A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A HOUSE AND TREES ARE DOWN. POSSIBLE
            TORNADO.

0552 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNW DLO              32.01N 89.91W
01/08/2008                   SIMPSON            MS   AMATEUR RADIO

            SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE D LO TRUCK STOP.
            POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0557 PM     HAIL             PHEBA                   33.58N 88.95W
01/08/2008  E0.75 INCH       CLAY               MS   PUBLIC

0600 PM     HAIL             PUCKETT                 32.08N 89.78W
01/08/2008  E0.75 INCH       RANKIN             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME TO PENNY HAIL FELL FROM CATO TO PUCKETT, ALONG THE
            RANKIN/SIMPSON COUNTY LINE. HAIL FELL FROM 6 TO 615 PM.

0609 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HARRISVILLE             31.97N 90.08W
01/08/2008                   SIMPSON            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SWATH OF TREES DOWN FROM HARRISVILLE TO BRAXTON TO RANKIN
            COUNTY LINE. TWO HOMES DAMAGED ALSO. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W WEST LINCOLN        31.49N 90.62W
01/08/2008                   LINCOLN            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A TREE FELL CAUSING DAMAGE TO A CAR AND HOUSE.

0622 PM     HAIL             WEST POINT              33.61N 88.64W
01/08/2008  E0.75 INCH       CLAY               MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0623 PM     HAIL             2 N SINGLETON           32.92N 89.54W
01/08/2008  E0.75 INCH       LEAKE              MS   AMATEUR RADIO

            ON HWY 35 JUST S OF CO LINE.

0642 PM     HAIL             COLUMBUS AFB            33.63N 88.45W
01/08/2008  E1.00 INCH       LOWNDES            MS   OTHER FEDERAL

0643 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RALEIGH                 32.03N 89.52W
01/08/2008                   SMITH              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

0705 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CALEDONIA               33.68N 88.33W
01/08/2008                   LOWNDES            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            2 TREES DOWN NEAR CALEDONIA AND 1 TREE DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY
            50 EAST OF COLUMBUS

&&

CME

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 6:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Oktibbeha30 min
Jan 8, 6:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake, Madison44 min
Jan 8, 6:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin, Simpson, Smith36 min
Jan 8, 6:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln39 min
Jan 8, 6:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes32 min
Jan 8, 6:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Smith47 min
Jan 8, 7:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion50 min
Jan 8, 7:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper46 min
Jan 8, 7:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson, Smith46 min
Jan 8, 8:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Smith41 min
Jan 8, 8:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar41 min
Jan 8, 8:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale38 min
Jan 8, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton34 min
Jan 8, 9:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper44 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.