Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 191, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2008, 4:58 AM CDT for Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports 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
- Sep 2, 2008, 4:58 AM CDT (09:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2008, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 5:31 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Morton, MS | A FEW TREES DOWN...POSSIBLE TORNADO |
| Sep 2, 5:31 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Morton, MS | A FEW TREES DOWN...POSSIBLE TORNADO...UPDATE...LARGE TREE DOWN ON MORTON HIGH SCHOOL THREE CLASS ROOMS DAMAGED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 404 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 020958 TORJAN MSC123-129-021100- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0191.080902T0958Z-080902T1100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 458 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MORTON...FOREST... SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 600 AM CDT * AT 458 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RALEIGH...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRINGER...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RALEIGH BY 505 AM CDT... PINEVILLE BY 510 AM CDT... BURNS BY 515 AM CDT... HOMEWOOD BY 525 AM CDT... PULASKI BY 530 AM CDT... MORTON BY 545 AM 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 3244 8974 3248 8947 3181 8932 3179 8960 TIME...MOT...LOC 0958Z 161DEG 31KT 3201 8945 $$ GARRETT
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KJAN 021007 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 507 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 MSC123-129-021100- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0191.000000T0000Z-080902T1100Z/ SMITH MS-SCOTT MS- 507 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT AND SMITH COUNTIES... AT 507 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RALEIGH...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRINGER...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HOMEWOOD BY 520 AM CDT... PULASKI BY 525 AM CDT... 7 MILES WEST OF FOREST BY 530 AM CDT... MORTON BY 535 AM CDT... 7 MILES WEST OF HILLSBORO BY 540 AM CDT... BRANCH BY 545 AM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3244 8974 3248 8947 3181 8932 3179 8960 TIME...MOT...LOC 1007Z 160DEG 34KT 3211 8949 $$ GARRETT
000 WWUS54 KJAN 021029 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 529 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 MSC123-129-021100- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0191.000000T0000Z-080902T1100Z/ SMITH MS-SCOTT MS- 527 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT AND SMITH COUNTIES... AT 527 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PULASKI...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOREST...MOVING NORTH AT 39 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES WEST OF FOREST BY 535 AM CDT... MORTON BY 540 AM CDT... BRANCH AND 7 MILES WEST OF HILLSBORO BY 545 AM CDT... ANOTHER TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF SYLVARENA MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH AND SHOULD PASS NEAR RALEIGH BY 545 AM. 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 3244 8974 3248 8947 3181 8932 3179 8960 TIME...MOT...LOC 1027Z 160DEG 34KT 3227 8956 $$ GARRETT
000 WWUS54 KJAN 021043 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 543 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 MSC123-129-021100- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0191.000000T0000Z-080902T1100Z/ SMITH MS-SCOTT MS- 543 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT AND SMITH COUNTIES... AT 543 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RALEIGH...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRINGER...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 42 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BURNS BY 550 AM CDT... PULASKI AND HOMEWOOD BY 600 AM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3186 8962 3244 8974 3248 8947 3189 8934 TIME...MOT...LOC 1043Z 156DEG 37KT 3208 8949 $$ GARRETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 7:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | 31 min |
| Sep 1, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 10:17 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 42 hr |
| Sep 1, 10:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 12 min |
| Sep 2, 12:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 44 min |
| Sep 2, 1:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 1:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 47 min |
| Sep 2, 2:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 2:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones, Smith | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 3:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 28 min |
| Sep 2, 3:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 46 min |
| Sep 2, 4:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 47 min |
| Sep 2, 4:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones, Smith | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 4:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 27 min |
| Sep 2, 5:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson, Lincoln, Warren | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 6:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 21 min |
| Sep 2, 7:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith | 50 min |
| Sep 2, 7:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 40 min |
| Sep 2, 7:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 7:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 55 min |
| Sep 2, 7:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 50 min |
| Sep 2, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 48 min |
| Sep 2, 8:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 16 min |
| Sep 2, 8:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren, Yazoo | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 8:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 8:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 46 min |
| Sep 2, 8:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 47 min |
| Sep 2, 8:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 8:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 8:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Scott, Smith | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 8:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 48 min |
| Sep 2, 9:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 61 min |
| Sep 2, 9:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott, Smith | 61 min |
| Sep 2, 10:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 67 min |
| Sep 2, 10:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 10:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones, Newton | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 10:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 5 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 41 min |
| Sep 2, 11:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 11:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 11:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 118 min |
| Sep 2, 11:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 28 min |
| Sep 2, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 41 min |
| Sep 2, 12:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Rankin and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 1:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 45 hr |
| Sep 2, 1:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 1:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 1:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 49 min |
| Sep 2, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 10 min |
| Sep 2, 2:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Sep 2, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Sep 2, 2:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 20 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 38 min |
| Sep 2, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 3:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Rankin, Warren and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Rankin, Simpson | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin | 19 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 114 min |
| Sep 2, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 53 min |
| Sep 2, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 52 min |
| Sep 2, 5:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lamar | 110 min |
| Sep 2, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 22 min |
| Sep 2, 5:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 18 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.