Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 2008, 8:34 PM CST for Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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
- Jan 8, 2008, 8:34 PM CST (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2008, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 8:57 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Purvis, MS | DIME TO PENNY SIZED HAIL FELL FOR 10 MIN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 709 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KJAN 090234 SVRJAN MSC035-073-090315- /O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0021.080109T0234Z-080109T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 834 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HATTIESBURG... CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 915 PM CST * AT 834 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BAXTERVILLE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANDY HOOK...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PURVIS BY 845 PM CST... 8 MILES NORTH OF ROCK HILL BY 850 PM CST... 7 MILES SOUTH OF HATTIESBURG BY 855 PM CST... MCLAURIN BY 900 PM CST... 6 MILES SOUTH OF SUNRISE BY 905 PM CST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES. LAT...LON 3106 8965 3124 8960 3137 8913 3110 8914 TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 258DEG 37KT 3116 8954 $$ GARRETT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KJAN 090252 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 852 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008 MSC035-073-090315- /O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080109T0315Z/ FORREST MS-LAMAR MS- 852 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN LAMAR AND CENTRAL FORREST COUNTIES... AT 852 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PURVIS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF WEST HATTIESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTH OF ROCK HILL BY 900 PM CST... MCLAURIN AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF HATTIESBURG BY 905 PM CST... 8 MILES SOUTH OF SUNRISE BY 910 PM CST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES. LAT...LON 3106 8965 3122 8954 3137 8913 3110 8914 TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 258DEG 37KT 3116 8941 $$ GARRETT
The 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, 8:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Smith | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.