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Tornado Warning 155, NWS Jackson, MS

September 1, 2008Jasper County, Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2008, 11:27 AM CDT for Jasper County, Jones 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2008, 11:27 AM CDT (16:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2008, 12:14 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:27 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
Sep 1, 6:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 12:00Z on 2008-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 116 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 12:00Z on 2008-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 260 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 011627
TORJAN
MSC061-067-011730-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0155.080901T1627Z-080901T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1127 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRINGER...
  NORTHERN JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUREL...ELLISVILLE...

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 1127 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES        
  SOUTHEAST OF MILL CREEK...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MILL CREEK BY 1140 AM CDT...
  SANDERSVILLE BY 1155 AM CDT...
  MOSS BY 1210 PM CDT...
  STRINGER BY 1225 PM CDT...
  BAY SPRINGS BY 1230 PM CDT...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3161 8940 3180 8940 3181 8932 3209 8932
      3181 8892 3153 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1627Z 128DEG 26KT 3164 8886

$$

EEC
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 011642
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1142 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

MSC061-067-011730-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0155.000000T0000Z-080901T1730Z/
JONES MS-JASPER MS-
1142 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN JASPER AND NORTHERN JONES COUNTIES...

AT 1142 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILL CREEK...OR 10 MILES EAST OF LAUREL...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SANDERSVILLE BY 1150 AM CDT...
  LAUREL BY 1155 AM CDT...
  MOSS BY 1205 PM CDT...
  SOSO BY 1210 PM CDT...
  STRINGER BY 1215 PM CDT...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3161 8940 3180 8940 3181 8932 3209 8932
      3181 8892 3153 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1642Z 117DEG 29KT 3169 8900

$$

EEC
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 011714
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1214 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

MSC061-067-011725-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0155.000000T0000Z-080901T1730Z/
JONES MS-JASPER MS-
1215 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN JASPER AND NORTHERN JONES
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3161 8940 3180 8940 3181 8932 3209 8932
      3181 8892 3153 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 117DEG 29KT 3181 8928

$$

EEC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 10:59 AM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar46 min
Sep 1, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar60 min
Sep 1, 12:07 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSmith38 min
Sep 1, 1:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLamar, Marion47 min
Sep 1, 1:32 PM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar43 min
Sep 1, 1:59 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence25 min
Sep 1, 2:12 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Jones48 min
Sep 1, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSmith51 min
Sep 1, 2:47 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke13 min
Sep 1, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper33 min
Sep 1, 3:02 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke43 min
Sep 1, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper47 min
Sep 1, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJANScott, Smith47 min
Sep 1, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin28 min
Sep 1, 4:07 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNewton, Scott53 min
Sep 1, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningJANScott48 min
Sep 1, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper54 min
Sep 1, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin32 min
Sep 1, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison23 min
Sep 1, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake, Madison, Rankin, Scott33 min
Sep 1, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper43 min
Sep 1, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNeshoba28 min
Sep 1, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNewton, Scott49 min
Sep 1, 6:02 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJANChoctaw, Clay, Kemper, Lowndes, Neshoba, Noxubee and 3 more4 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2008Every tornado warning in 2008Tornadoes 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.