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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

January 8, 2008Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 8, 8:57 PM CSTHAIL 0.75Purvis, MSDIME 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 8, 6:36 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2008-01-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 709 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2008-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
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

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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.

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, 7:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee, Winston47 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, 8:37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.