Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 151, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Aug 12, 2008, 12:05 PM CDT for Kemper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 12, 2008, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2008, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kemper County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 121705
TORJAN
MSC069-121745-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0151.080812T1705Z-080812T1745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1205 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
* AT 1206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DE KALB...
OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRESTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DE KALB BY 1210 PM CDT...
OAK GROVE BY 1235 PM CDT...
PORTERVILLE AND ELECTRIC MILLS BY 1245 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...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 3282 8836 3277 8836 3276 8837 3271 8837
3270 8837 3265 8838 3269 8875 3284 8875
3286 8835 3283 8835
TIME...MOT...LOC 1706Z 273DEG 13KT 3273 8868
$$
CME2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 121717
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1217 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008
MSC069-121745-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0151.000000T0000Z-080812T1745Z/
KEMPER MS-
1217 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KEMPER COUNTY...
AT 1217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DE KALB...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN
NAVAL AIR STATION...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PORTERVILLE AND ELECTRIC MILLS BY 1245 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3276 8837 3271 8837 3270 8837 3265 8838
3269 8867 3280 8868 3282 8836 3277 8836
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 273DEG 13KT 3273 8863
$$
CME000
WWUS54 KJAN 121732
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1232 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008
MSC069-121745-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0151.000000T0000Z-080812T1745Z/
KEMPER MS-
1232 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL KEMPER COUNTY...
AT 1232 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF PORTERVILLE...OR 13 MILES NORTH
OF MERIDIAN NAVAL AIR STATION...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PORTERVILLE AND ELECTRIC MILLS BY 1245 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...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 3276 8837 3271 8837 3265 8838 3268 8859
3268 8863 3279 8863 3282 8836 3277 8836
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 273DEG 13KT 3273 8857
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 3:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar | 42 min |
| Aug 12, 3:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAN | Covington, Jones | 101 min |
| Aug 12, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 13 min |
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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.