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Tornado Warning 220, NWS Jackson, MS

September 2, 2008Copiah County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2008, 3:09 PM CDT for Copiah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min. 5 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, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Copiah County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 2, 3:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Ne Wesson, MS	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...PROBABLE TORNADO BASED ON RADAR.
Sep 2, 3:17 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	4 Ene Wesson, MS	TRACK BEGAN ALONG BEAUREGARD ROAD AND WENT ALMOST DUE NORTH ACROSS RYAN ROAD. NUMEROUS SOFTWOOD AND HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. A MOBILE HOME AND FRAME HOME SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE...AND 2 SHEDS WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EF1 WITH 10
Sep 2, 3:17 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Ne Wesson, MS	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...PROBABLE TORNADO BASED ON RADAR. UPDATE...TREES HAVE FALLEN ON A HOUSE.
Sep 2, 3:40 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 S Crystal Springs, MS
Sep 2, 3:45 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	1 Nw Gallman, MS	SEVERAL LIMBS AND DEAD TREES DOWN WITH A FEW LIVE TREES UPROOTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAKE COPIAH. TRAVELLED 2 MILES NORTH WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 40 YARDS AND MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 70 MPH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 6 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 2, 6:34 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 55 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 935 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 7.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 022009
TORJAN
MSC029-022100-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0220.080902T2009Z-080902T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
309 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HAZLEHURST...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 309 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WESSON...OR
  10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROOKHAVEN...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MARTINSVILLE BY 320 PM CDT...
  HAZLEHURST BY 330 PM CDT...
  GALLMAN BY 340 PM CDT...
  7 MILES WEST OF HOPEWELL BY 345 PM CDT...
  CRYSTAL SPRINGS BY 350 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 3170 9045 3205 9048 3205 9023 3203 9024
      3202 9022 3200 9022 3198 9020 3172 9022
      3170 9028 3170 9037 3169 9038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 180DEG 26KT 3170 9034

$$

EEC

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 022024
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
324 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

MSC029-022100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0220.000000T0000Z-080902T2100Z/
COPIAH MS-
324 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
COPIAH COUNTY...

AT 324 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARTINSVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST 
OF HAZLEHURST...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HAZLEHURST BY 335 PM CDT...
  GALLMAN AND 6 MILES WEST OF HOPEWELL BY 345 PM CDT...
  CRYSTAL SPRINGS BY 350 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 3170 9045 3205 9048 3205 9023 3203 9024
      3202 9022 3200 9022 3198 9020 3172 9022
      3170 9028 3170 9037 3169 9038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 180DEG 26KT 3179 9032

$$

AEG

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 022042
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
342 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

MSC029-022100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0220.000000T0000Z-080902T2100Z/
COPIAH MS-
342 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
COPIAH COUNTY...

AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GALLMAN...OR NEAR HAZLEHURST...MOVING NORTH
AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CRYSTAL SPRINGS BY 350 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 3170 9045 3205 9048 3205 9023 3203 9024
      3202 9022 3200 9022 3198 9020 3172 9022
      3170 9028 3170 9037 3169 9038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 167DEG 28KT 3192 9037

$$

EEC

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 022048
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
348 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

MSC029-022100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0220.000000T0000Z-080902T2100Z/
COPIAH MS-
348 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL COPIAH COUNTY...

AT 348 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GALLMAN...OR NEAR CRYSTAL SPRINGS...MOVING
NORTH AT 35 MPH.

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 3192 9043 3205 9048 3205 9033 3192 9034
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 167DEG 28KT 3197 9039

$$

EEC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Sep 2, 2:40 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 2:40 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
240 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

...WET PATTERN TO PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE WORK WEEK FROM
THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV...

.DISCUSSION...LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS REMNANTS OF GUSTAV
SPINNING OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...MOVING QUITE SLOWLY NORTHWEST. SPIRAL
BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FOR THROUGH WEDNESDAY
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND SOME ISOLATED
TORNADOES. WE HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF FLOODING IN SOME OF OUR EAST
AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES.

SHORT RANGE AND MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT GUSTAV WILL BE SLOW
TO MOVE ITS INFLUENCE AWAY FROM THE REGION. PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL CONTINUE
TO BE AROUND 2 TO 2.5 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...WHICH SPELLS FOR MORE
RAINS ON SATURATED SOILS. CONDITIONS WILL STILL FAVOR FOR SOME GUSTY WINDS...
HEAVY RAINS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGH TONIGHT AS WAVE AFTER WAVE
MOVES ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE WEST AROUND THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV.
MODELS SHOWS THAT BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL
15Z WEDNESDAY. SO WILL HAVE THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN DELTA COUNTIES
AND PARISHES AND A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR COUNTIES AROUND THE INTERSTATE 55
CORRIDOR UNTIL 15Z WEDNESDAY. WITH ALL THE TROPICAL MOISTURE AND FLOODING
THAT IS GOING ON WITH THE SPIRAL BANDS WILL EXTEND FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL
7 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING. MODELS SHOWS THAT OUR CHANCES OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. SO HAVE CUT HIGHS SOME FOR WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY AND WENT WITH GUIDANCE ON TONIGHT...WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY
NIGHT. AS FAR AS POPS ARE CONCERN WENT HIGHER THAN MODEL POPS FOR TONIGHT...
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN WENT MAV POPS FOR THURSDAY-THURSDAY NIGHT.
/17/

&&

.AVIATION...CONTINUED THE RAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE AREA. AT
THIS TIME THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV WERE NOT MOVING VERY MUCH AND THE
SYSTEM WILL LIKELY STALL JUST WEST OF THE AREA. PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH...WINDS WILL CONTINUE
TO GUST OVERNIGHT...STILL EXPECTING PATCHY TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...SO
MVFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH AT LEAST
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LEFT GUSTS AT MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT.
WINDS IN THE EAST HAVE TAPERED OFF SLIGHTLY...BUT SPEEDS AT
MEI/HBG/GTR SHOULD REMAIN NEAR 15KTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY ALSO./7/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED AT 343 AM CDT.

LONG TERM...THE LONG TERM AFTER THU SEEMS MOSTLY INSIGNIFICANT BUT
EYES WILL BE TURNING TWRDS THE TROPICS ONCE AGAIN. THE MDLS
GENERALLY AGREE THAT THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV WILL FINALLY START TO
PULL OUT OF THE ARKLATEX REGION ON THU. AFTER THAT RAIN CHANCES WILL
DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BUT THERE SHOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH MOISTURE
IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO HELP GET ISLTD ACTIVITY OFF AND ON. THROUGHOUT
THE EXTENDED I WILL GENERALLY STICK WITH THE GUI VALUES...THE ONLY
EXCEPTION WILL BE WED NIGHT AND THU WHERE I WILL GO ABOUT 10% OR SO
ABV GUI POPS ACROSS THE WEST AND EVEN CNTRL PORTIONS OF THE CWA.

THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE EXTENDED(AT THIS TIME) IS THU. IT LOOKS LIKE
IT WILL BE ANOTHER WET DAY AS A BAND OF SHRA AND ISLTD TSRA DEVELOP.
THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES B/T THE MDLS AS TO WHERE THIS WILL N-S
BAND OF RAIN WILL OCCUR BUT IT IS BEGINNING TO LOOK MORE LIKELY
ACROSS THE WRN HALF OF THE CWA. THIS BAND COULD BRING ANOTHER 1-2
INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NW AND EXACERBATE ANY FLOODING ISSUES THAT
MAY BE OUT THERE FROM TUE AND WED RAINS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THIS AND IF THE FFA IS EXTENDED INTO WED IT MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED
FURTHER INTO THU FOR A FEW AREAS. A LOT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT HAPPENS
OVER THE NEXT 24-36 HRS AND WHERE THIS BAND OF RAIN DEVELOPS ON THU
WHICH IS UNCERTAIN.

AFTER THU WE WILL MOVE INTO WEAK SWRLY FLOW WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO
ALLOW FOR LIGHT SHRA AND MAYBE A FEW TSRA TO DEVELOP EACH DAY BUT
THE RISK OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE OVER. OF NOTE...EVEN THOUGH TROPICAL
DEPRESSION GUSTAV AND ITS REMNANTS WILL AFFECT US FOR THE NEXT 60
HRS WE WILL STILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT IN THE ATLANTIC AS
TROPICAL STORM IKE IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE BAHAMAS AND IT LOOKS
LIKE IT WILL HAVE A SHOT OF GETTING INTO THE GULF. /CAB/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       73  82  72  86 / 100  93  66  49
MERIDIAN      71  84  71  88 /  96  92  64  49
VICKSBURG     73  80  72  85 / 100  94  69  44
HATTIESBURG   74  84  73  87 /  94  91  67  48
NATCHEZ       75  82  73  83 / 100  93  72  44
GREENVILLE    71  81  71  83 / 100  97  72  45
GREENWOOD     72  81  72  84 / 100  92  68  51

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AT 7 PM FOR
     MSZ034>037-040>045-047>066-072>074.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR MSZ018-019-025-034-
     035-040-041.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR MSZ026>028-036-
     037-042>044-047>050-053>056-059>065-072-073.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AT 7 PM FOR LAZ007>009-015-
     016-023>026.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR LAZ007>009-015-016-
     023>026.

AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AT 7 PM FOR ARZ074-075.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR ARZ074-075.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 2:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
207 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

MSZ035>037-040>045-048>052-054>058-062>066-072>074-031915-
HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-
NESHOBA-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-
JASPER-CLARKE-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-
MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
207 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY

THE RISK FOR TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING.
ROTATING STORMS EMBEDDED IN THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF GUSTAV MAY LEAD
TO TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THE EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT. FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING
OCCURS. WHEN APPROACHING WATER IN A VEHICLE...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
BREEZY WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE...AS THE
REMNANTS OF GUSTAV STALL OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.

THE RISK OF TORNADOES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SHIFT INTO THE
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY...GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE
55. MORE FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV MAY LINGER OVER THE ARKLATEX WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY...CONTINUING THE RISK OF TORNADOES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
FOR THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY LEAD TO MORE
FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ047-053-059>061-031915-
MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON LA-
FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WARREN-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-
ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-
207 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
PORTIONS OF WEST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY

A WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. WINDS NEAR 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE...AS
THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV SLOWLY MOVE NORTHWEST. IN ADDITION...PERIODS
OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. FLOODING IS
LIKELY TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS. WHEN
APPROACHING WATER IN A VEHICLE...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.

THE RISK OF TORNADOES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SHIFT INTO THE
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AS GUSTAV STALLS OVER
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. ROTATING STORMS EMBEDDED IN THE OUTER RAIN BANDS
MAY LEAD TO TORNADOES. MORE FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE
AREA WEDNESDAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV MAY LINGER OVER THE ARKLATEX WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY...CONTINUING THE RISK OF TORNADOES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO
MORE FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025>034-038-039-046-031915-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-
MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-
WINSTON-NOXUBEE-KEMPER-
207 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTH
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY

THE RISK FOR TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE
EVENING...AS GUSTAV SLOWLY MOVES NORTHWEST. ROTATING STORMS EMBEDDED IN THE
OUTER RAIN BANDS MAY LEAD TO TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY
IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED.

THE RISK OF TORNADOES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SHIFT INTO THE
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY...AS GUSTAV STALLS OVER
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. ROTATING STORMS EMBEDDED IN THE OUTER RAIN BANDS
MAY LEAD TO TORNADOES. MORE FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE
AREA WEDNESDAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV MAY LINGER OVER THE ARKLATEX WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY...CONTINUING THE RISK OF TORNADOES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO
MORE FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 2, 1:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
130 PM CDT TUE SEP 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 PM     TROPICAL STORM   BUDE                    31.46N 90.85W
09/02/2008                   FRANKLIN           MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.

&&

WILSON

Local storm report, Sep 2, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
137 PM CDT TUE SEP 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0220 PM     TORNADO          2 NW OAK VALE           31.46N 89.99W
09/01/2008                   LAWRENCE           MS   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN ALONG RIVER ROAD. LIKELY CAUSED BY A WEAK
            TORNADO.

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, Sep 2, 1:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
144 PM CDT TUE SEP 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0755 AM     TSTM WND DMG     PURVIS                  31.14N 89.41W
09/02/2008                   LAMAR              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.

&&

WILSON

Local storm report, Sep 2, 1:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
145 PM CDT TUE SEP 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0135 PM     FLASH FLOOD      PURVIS                  31.14N 89.41W
09/02/2008                   LAMAR              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MOBILE HOME HAS SUSTAINED WATER DAMAGE.

&&

WILSON

Local storm report, Sep 2, 2:50 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
250 PM CDT TUE SEP 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0249 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 ESE BROOKHAVEN        31.57N 90.40W
09/02/2008                   LINCOLN            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED NEAR HARBOR LANE.

&&

WILSON

Local storm report, Sep 2, 2:53 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
253 PM CDT TUE SEP 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 PM     FLASH FLOOD      NEWTON                  32.32N 89.16W
09/02/2008                   NEWTON             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER 1-2 FEET DEEP FLOWING ACROSS SEVERAL ROADS IN
            NEWTON COUNTY. REPORTS FROM NEWTON ALERT.

&&

GERARD

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, 4:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Scott, Smith	62 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, 3:20 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.