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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 2008, 8:19 PM CST for Clarke County, Jasper County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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, 8:19 PM CST (02:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2008, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clarke County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
- 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
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, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 6:44 PM CST, 1 hour 35 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. && 19
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 7:26 PM CST, 53 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. 19
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 8, 6:51 PM CST, 1 hour 28 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
&&
SWILKINSLocal storm report, Jan 8, 6:59 PM CST, 1 hour 20 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.
&&
SWILKINSLocal storm report, Jan 8, 7:09 PM CST, 1 hour 10 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
&&
SWILKINSLocal storm report, Jan 8, 7:11 PM CST, 1 hour 8 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
&&
CMELocal storm report, Jan 8, 8:03 PM CST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
803 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 N WHITE OAK 32.11N 89.69W
01/08/2008 SMITH MS EMERGENCY MNGR
A FEW POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
0622 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E WHITE OAK 32.07N 89.65W
01/08/2008 SMITH MS EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 18.
0631 PM HAIL 2 E BURNS 32.14N 89.51W
01/08/2008 E0.75 INCH SMITH MS EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
SWILKINSLocal storm report, Jan 8, 8:11 PM CST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
811 PM CST TUE JAN 08 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 PM TSTM WND DMG MARTINVILLE 31.97N 89.75W
01/08/2008 SIMPSON MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AROUND MARTINVILLE.
&&
SWILKINSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 30 min |
| Jan 8, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 44 min |
| Jan 8, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 36 min |
| Jan 8, 6:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jan 8, 6:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 32 min |
| Jan 8, 6:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 47 min |
| Jan 8, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 50 min |
| Jan 8, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee, Winston | 47 min |
| Jan 8, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 46 min |
| Jan 8, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 46 min |
| Jan 8, 8:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 41 min |
| Jan 8, 8:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Jan 8, 8:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 34 min |
| Jan 8, 9:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.