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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Jackson, MS

January 10, 2008Clay County, Lowndes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 1:32 PM CST for Clay County, Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min. 11 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: Jan 10, 2008, 1:32 PM CST (19:32 UTC)
Expired: Jan 10, 2008, 2:15 PM CST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, MS, Lowndes County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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
Jan 10, 1:42 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	6 S West Point, MS	MSU STORM CHASERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDY JUST N OF HWY 82/43 INTERSECTION.
Jan 10, 1:42 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	6 S West Point, MS	MSU STORM CHASERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDY JUST N OF HWY 82/45 INTERSECTION.
Jan 10, 1:44 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	West Point, MS	* 1 INJ * NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN, SEVERAL ON SOME HOMES, SIGNS BLOWN DOWN AND A METAL BUILDING SEVERELY DAMAGED. CONSTRUCTION TRAILER FLIPPED OVER WITH 1 PERSON INJ.
Jan 10, 1:45 PM CST	HAIL 1	1 E West Point, MS	OVAL AND SHEET SHAPED.
Jan 10, 1:46 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 75	1 W West Point, MS	SEVERAL STORAGE SHEDS WERE FLIPPED AND DESTROYED. DAMAGE WAS BLOWN TO THE SE. SEVERAL TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED/UPROOTED WITH SHINGLE DAMAGE TO ONE BUILDING.
Jan 10, 2:06 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 62	Columbus Afb, MS	MEASURED WIND GUST.
Jan 10, 2:13 PM CST	TORNADO 3	Caledonia, MS	* 10 INJ * ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYM DESTROYED, SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED SCHOOL BUSES DAMGED AND OTHER VEHICLES THROWN. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES ALSO DOWN. AT THIS TIME, 10 TOTAL INJURIES WITH 2 SERIOUS. THIS TORNADO HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN RATED AN EF3.
Jan 10, 2:13 PM CST	TORNADO	Caledonia, MS	* 3 INJ * ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DESTROYED, 3 KIDS INJURED, TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Jan 10, 2:14 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	Caledonia, MS
Jan 10, 2:15 PM CST	TORNADO	Caledonia, MS	SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN CALEDONIA. MORE DETAILS TO COME.
Jan 10, 2:18 PM CST	TORNADO	4 Ene Caledonia, MS	NUMEROUS TREES ACROSS HWY 12, ALONG THE MS/AL STATE LINE.

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 3 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 41 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
Jan 10, 7:46 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jan 10, 11:33 AM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 101932
TORJAN
MSC025-087-102015-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0023.080110T1932Z-080110T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
132 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST POINT...
  NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS AFB...COLUMBUS...

* UNTIL 215 PM CST

* AT 132 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF TIBBEE...OR ABOUT NEAR STARKVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TIBBEE BY 140 PM CST...
  WEST POINT AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BENT OAK BY 145 PM CST...
  WAVERLY BY 150 PM CST...
  9 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS BY 155 PM CST...
  COLUMBUS AFB AND KOLOLA SPRINGS BY 200 PM CST...
  CALEDONIA AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF STEENS BY 205 PM CST...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

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 3376 8825 3350 8828 3340 8866 3356 8867
      3356 8873 3358 8874 3357 8890 3368 8869
      3367 8848 3370 8838 3376 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 241DEG 42KT 3349 8876

$$

GARRETT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 101942
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
143 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

MSC025-087-102015-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080110T2015Z/
CLAY MS-LOWNDES MS-
143 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
LOWNDES AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 143 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TIBBEE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WEST POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WAVERLY BY 155 PM CST...
  COLUMBUS AFB BY 200 PM CST...
  KOLOLA SPRINGS AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF STEENS BY 205 PM CST...
  CALEDONIA BY 210 PM CST...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 3350 8828 3340 8866 3356 8867 3356 8873
      3358 8874 3357 8882 3368 8869 3367 8848
      3370 8838 3376 8831 3376 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 238DEG 38KT 3354 8865

$$

GARRETT

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 102005
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
205 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

MSC025-102015-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080110T2015Z/
CLAY MS-
205 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3354 8827 3354 8850 3359 8849 3360 8847
      3362 8849 3367 8848 3370 8838 3376 8831
      3376 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 239DEG 39KT 3364 8840

$$

MSC087-102015-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080110T2015Z/
LOWNDES MS-
205 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY...

AT 205 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS AFB...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CALEDONIA BY 210 PM CST...

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 3354 8827 3354 8850 3359 8849 3360 8847
      3362 8849 3367 8848 3370 8838 3376 8831
      3376 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 239DEG 39KT 3364 8840

$$

GARRETT

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 Jan 10, 12:00 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 12:00 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1200 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

.DISCUSSION...RADAR LOOKING OMINOUS ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS AT THE NOON
HOUR WITH VIGOROUS FORCING IN AN UNSTABLE AND SHEARED ENVIRONMENT
RESULTING IN SEVERAL SUPERCELLS MARCHING ACROSS THE I-55 CORRIDOR.
THESE STORMS HAVE PLENTY OF POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES...LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND PREVIOUS RADAR SIGNATURES OF ROTATION
HAVE BEEN STRONG ENOUGH TO INCREASE CONFIDENCE THAT AT LEAST A FEW
TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. PREDOMINANT SUPERCELL MODE
RIGHT NOW SHOULD PERSIST INTO THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH CONVECTION
MAY TEND TO BECOME MORE LINEAR IN SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS AT LEAST
SOUTHEAST MS WHEN A HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL ACCOMPANY THE SEVERE
THREAT. SPC HAS PLACED MOST OF EASTERN SECTIONS IN A MODERATE RISK
FOR THIS AFTERNOON WITH POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES BEING THE
PRIMARY RISK. THIS SEEMS ON THE MARK CONSIDERING CURRENT POTENT
STORMS ARE MOVING INTO AN ATMOSPHERE OVER EASTERN MS THAT CONTAINS
ENOUGH SHEAR AND INSTABILITY TO ENSURE STORMS AT LEAST MAINTAIN
THEIR VIGOR.

DID SOME TWEAKS TO ZONES AND GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT TRENDS.
ALSO INCLUDED TOR WATCH 17 FOR EASTERN ZONES UNTIL 7 PM AND TOR
WATCH 16 CONTINUES UNTIL 4 PM FOR CENTRAL MS. WILL BE CUTTING
WESTERN EDGES OF TOR WATCH NUMBER 16 OFF AS THE THREAT PASSES TO THE
EAST THIS AFTERNOON. /BB/

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...DID A QUICK UPDATE MAINLY TO ADJUST
TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE
BEEN RISING VERY QUICKLY THIS MORNING...WITH THE TEMPERATURE AT KJAN
AT 67 DEGREES AS OF 6 AM THIS MORNING. OTHER SITES AROUND THE AREA
ARE ALL ALREADY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S THIS MORNING AS WELL.
WENT AHEAD AND ADJUSTED HIGH TEMPERATURES UP A FEW DEGREES AS A
RESULT AND ADJUSTED HOURLY TEMP GRIDS ACCORDINGLY. IN
ADDITION...WENT AHEAD AND BUMPED DEWPOINTS UP AS WELL ACROSS MOST OF
THE CWFA...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. THESE
VALUES ARE SEEING THE LOWER 60S...WITH MIDDLE 60S IN THE SOUTHEAST
ALREADY THIS MORNING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE A TAD BIT MORE
BEFORE THINGS GET STARTED. THE SURFACE LOW IS NOW CENTERED OVER
SOUTHEASTERN KS WITH THE FRONT TRAILING SOUTH DOWN NEAR DALLAS. A
FEW OF THE LATEST MODELS ARE NOW SLOWING THIS SYSTEM A BIT FOR
BRINGING IT ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED. BY
SLOWING THIS SYSTEM...THIS COULD INCREASE THE RISK FOR SEVERE
WEATHER ACROSS THE CWFA...AS WELL AS INCREASE THE RISK AREA FURTHER
WEST. THIS TREND IS ALSO HINTED BY RADAR TRENDS THIS MORNING AS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED A LITTLE FURTHER WEST THAN
EXPECTED. THIS CHANGE WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED AS HAZARD PRODUCTS
MAY NEED TO BE UPDATED. OTHERWISE...DID NOT REALLY MAKE ANY OTHER
CHANGES TO THE GOING FORECAST AT THIS TIME. UPDATED PRODUCTS WILL BE
SENT AND POSTED TO THE WEB SHORTLY.

ISSUED AT 338 AM...
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...SHORT TERM(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY) AN ACTIVE DAY
IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS REGION TODAY. SURFACE ANALYSIS THIS
MORNING SHOWS THE SURFACE LOW CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN KS WITH THE
TRAILING COLD FRONT STRETCHING DOWN INTO NORTHERN TX. THE STALLED
BOUNDARY IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE GULF COAST...AND IS GRADUALLY
SHIFTING NORTH AS A WARM FRONT THIS MORNING. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY
SHOWS THE SHORTWAVE LOCATED OVER THE TX PANHANDLE AREA AND MOVING TO
THE EAST.

MODELS ARE COMING INTO DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THIS SYSTEM. AHEAD OF
THE APPROACHING SYSTEM THIS MORNING...THE AREA HAS BEGUN TO SEE A FEW
SHOWERS DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING...WHICH SHOULD INCREASE OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. CLOUD TOPS HAVE BEEN COOLING OVER WESTERN LA
AND AS AN UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVES IN. WITH MOISTURE INCREASING OVER
THE AREA...WILL PROBABLY START TO SEE DECENT DEVELOPMENT OVER THE
CWFA BEFORE DAYBREAK. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE SHOWERS
EARLY...BUT WITH YESTERDAY EVENINGS 00Z JAN SOUNDING SHOWING STEEP
MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...CAN NOT RULE OUT STORMS BECOMING STRONG IF
THEY CAN GET THROUGH THE CAP...ESPECIALLY BY AROUND DAYBREAK. THE
MAIN THREAT WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THIS TIME PERIOD WILL BE
HAIL. ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF THE
FRONT.

THE FRONT LOOKS AS IF IT SHOULD REACH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY
AROUND MID MORNING TO LUNCHTIME TODAY.  IT SHOULD REACHING THE
NATCHEZ TRACE CORRIDOR BETWEEN 2-6PM AND LEAVE THE CWFA BY AROUND
MIDNIGHT.  THERE STILL APPEARS TO BE A DECENT RISK OF SEVERE STORM
DEVELOPMENT WITH THIS SYSTEM TODAY...ESPECIALLY FROM AROUND 10 AM TO
7 PM THIS EVENING. THE ENTIRE AREA WILL HAVE A SHOT AT SEEING STRONG
TO SEVERE STORMS.  HOWEVER...PLACES AROUND THE NATCHEZ TRACE
CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA WILL SEE THE BEST CHANCE FOR
SEVERE WEATHER.  THERE WILL BE DECENT SHEAR OVER THE AREA.  0-3 KM
HELICITY SHOULD BE BETWEEN 250-350 M2/S2. 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR
AVERAGES BETWEEN 40-50KTS...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL PART OF THE CWFA. 0-1 KM SHEAR LOOKS TO BE 30-35 KT.
MOISTURE HAS BEEN INCREASING OVER THE CWFA AT A DECENT RATE THIS
MORNING. HBG IS ALREADY SEEING DEW POINTS IN THE MIDDLE 60S...AND
JAN AND MEI ARE TOPPING 60F THIS MORNING. WITH THE WARM FRONT SLOWLY
DRIFTING NORTH THIS MORNING EXPECT MOISTURE TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE
OVER THE AREA. SO WITH MORE OF A MOISTURE INCREASE THAN WE HAVE SEEN
WITH PREVIOUS EVENTS...INSTABILITY SHOULD NOT BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH
MLCAPES AROUND 700-1000 J/KG. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES SHOULD BE DECENT
AS WELL WITH 6-7 C/KM EXPECTED. ONE LIMITING FACTOR MAY BE MARGINAL
SURFACE PRESSURES...WHICH SHOULD BE BETWEEN 1008-1010MB DURING THE
EVENT. BUT WITH ALL OTHER FACTORS IN PLAY...DO NOT EXPECT IT TO
LIMIT ACTIVITY MUCH. EXPECT WITH THIS SYSTEM TO SEE ALL SEVERE
WEATHER MODES POSSIBLE...WITH INDIVIDUAL CELLS EXPECTED THROUGH MOST
OF THE EVENT AND THEN DEVELOPING INTO A LINE AS IT APPROACHES THE
EASTERN FRINGES OF THE AREA. EXPECT THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK TO BEGIN
TO DIE DOWN A COUPLE HOURS AFTER SUNSET AS THE SYSTEM MOVES TO THE
EAST.

ONE MORE THING TO MENTION FOR TODAY IS THAT WINDS WILL BE GUSTY WITH
THIS SYSTEM.  AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS AS IF THEY WILL FALL JUST SHY OF
LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...SO WILL NOT BE ISSUING ANYTHING THIS
MORNING.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL QUICKLY BUILD IN BEHIND THIS SYSTEM AND BRING
COOLER AND DRIER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA.  THIS SHOULD GIVE A
RATHER DRY FORECAST FOR BEYOND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM.  MAV GUI THROUGH THE SHORT TERM GAVE
REASONABLE TEMPERATURES.  THE ONLY CHANGE WAS TO LOWER LOWS IN THE
EXTREME NORTHWEST FOR TONIGHT AS SKIES WILL BE CLEARING AND WINDS
WILL BE WEAKENING BY MORNING.  THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A COOLER
AIRMASS BEGINNING TO BE FILTERED INTO THE REGION.  OTHERWISE PRETTY
MUCH REMAINED WITH GUI TEMPS. /14/

&&

.AVIATION...
MVFR FLIGHT CATS DUE TO CLOUD COVER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON IN MOST AREAS AS A STRONG SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH. MAIN
RISKS TO AVIATION WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD
PRODUCE HIGH WINDS...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. EXPECT WIND TO SHIFT
TO THE WEST FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING
AS A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH. FAIR WEATHER ANTICIPATED FOR
TOMORROW. /BB/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       75  39  56  34 /  90  48   4   2
MERIDIAN      75  41  59  32 /  99  79   4   3
VICKSBURG     72  40  56  36 /  80  32   4   2
HATTIESBURG   77  45  60  36 /  96  82   6   1
NATCHEZ       75  41  58  37 /  85  41   5   2
GREENVILLE    69  37  53  34 /  75  13   4   1
GREENWOOD     66  37  54  34 /  73  27   4   2

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 10, 3:46 AM CST, 9 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
346 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
111000-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-
LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-
OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-
ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-
SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-
CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-
JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
346 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION FROM EARLY
TO MID MORNING AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES AND A WARM FRONT
LIFTS NORTH THROUGH THE REGION. A FEW STORMS MAY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL. THE RISK FOR ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT LOW
UNTIL AROUND DAYBREAK ALONG AND WEST OF A GRENADA TO VICKSBURG TO
NATCHEZ LINE WHEN LEVELS OF LIFT...INSTABILITY AND SHEAR SHOULD BEGIN
INCREASING DRAMATICALLY.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A
STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS AND
SWING THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR HAS BEGUN TO LIFT INTO THE AREA. AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF
A NATCHEZ TO GRENADA LINE WILL BE UNDER THE MAIN RISK...WITH
LOCATIONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNDER AN ENHANCED RISK FOR
SEEING SEVERE STORMS. THE MAIN TIME FRAME LOOKS TO BE BETWEEN 9 AM
AND 7 PM...WITH AREAS ACROSS THE EAST MOST PRONE TO SEVERE WEATHER
BETWEEN 1 PM AND 7 PM. DISCRETE SUPERCELL STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE
DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE EVENT. ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO EVOLVE
INTO A LINE OF STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER AREAS EAST OF
THE NATCHEZ TRACE CORRIDOR.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL
BE POSSIBLE AS STORMS MAY REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. THIS
WILL MAINLY BE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES
WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL MAY BE SEEN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS WILL BE NEEDED TODAY. OTHERWISE...IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH
NEXT WEDNESDAY.

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 10, 1:12 PM CST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
112 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

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

0112 PM     HAIL             COLUMBIA                31.26N 89.83W
01/10/2008  E1.00 INCH       MARION             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JCULIN

Local storm report, Jan 10, 1:15 PM CST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
115 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

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

1250 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WEIR                    33.26N 89.29W
01/10/2008                   CHOCTAW            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE STRUCTURE DAMAGED, POSSIBLE TORNADO.

&&

JCULIN

Local storm report, Jan 10, 1:20 PM CST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
120 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

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

1250 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WEIR                    33.26N 89.29W
01/10/2008                   CHOCTAW            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DAIRY BARN HEAVILY DAMAGED. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

&&

JCULIN

Local storm report, Jan 10, 1:23 PM CST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
123 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

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

0113 PM     HAIL             3 SE CARTHAGE           32.71N 89.50W
01/10/2008  E1.00 INCH       LEAKE              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

JCULIN

Local storm report, Jan 10, 1:26 PM CST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
126 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

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

1213 PM     TORNADO          SALLIS                  33.02N 89.76W
01/10/2008                   ATTALA             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE BARN AND 3 OTHER STRUCTURES HEAVILY DAMAGED.

&&

JCULIN

Local storm report, Jan 10, 1:27 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
127 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

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

1243 PM     TORNADO          MCCOOL                  33.20N 89.34W
01/10/2008                   ATTALA             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE OLD STORE DESTROYED AND ROOF DAMAGE TO ANOTHER
            STRUCTURE.

&&

JCULIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 10, 10:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	45 min
Jan 10, 10:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	49 min
Jan 10, 10:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sharkey, Yazoo	62 min
Jan 10, 11:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Yazoo	54 min
Jan 10, 11:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	64 min
Jan 10, 11:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	27 min
Jan 10, 11:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds	66 min
Jan 10, 11:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne	14 min
Jan 10, 11:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison	64 min
Jan 10, 11:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson	46 min
Jan 10, 11:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	53 min
Jan 10, 11:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	80 min
Jan 10, 12:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	54 min
Jan 10, 12:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson, Smith	45 min
Jan 10, 12:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston	49 min
Jan 10, 12:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	50 min
Jan 10, 12:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	41 min
Jan 10, 12:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	55 min
Jan 10, 12:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	55 min
Jan 10, 12:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	47 min
Jan 10, 1:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	39 min
Jan 10, 1:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	42 min
Jan 10, 1:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds	38 min
Jan 10, 1:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	53 min
Jan 10, 1:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	52 min
Jan 10, 1:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Winston	39 min
Jan 10, 1:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Lamar, Marion	44 min
Jan 10, 1:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	38 min
Jan 10, 1:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	62 min
Jan 10, 1:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar	54 min
Jan 10, 1:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	50 min
Jan 10, 1:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	46 min
Jan 10, 2:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	22 min
Jan 10, 2:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	35 min
Jan 10, 2:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	48 min
Jan 10, 2:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee	43 min
Jan 10, 2:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	36 min
Jan 10, 2:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith	35 min
Jan 10, 2:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	46 min
Jan 10, 2:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	26 min
Jan 10, 2:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones	47 min
Jan 10, 3:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	15 min
Jan 10, 3:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith	42 min
Jan 10, 3:44 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	2 hr
Jan 10, 3:44 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	2 hr
Jan 10, 3:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	45 min
Jan 10, 3:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	40 min
Jan 10, 4:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	25 min
Jan 10, 4:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	20 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.