Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 237, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 3, 2008, 1:14 PM CDT for Claiborne County, Warren County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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 3, 2008, 1:14 PM CDT (18:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Claiborne County, MS, Warren County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 12:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 842 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 031814 TORJAN MSC021-149-031900- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0237.080903T1814Z-080903T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 114 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTH CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 200 PM CDT * AT 114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PORT GIBSON...OR 28 MILES SOUTH OF VICKSBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 28 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ROCKY SPRINGS BY 140 PM CDT... YOKENA BY 150 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 3221 9098 3221 9073 3190 9089 3191 9106 TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 196DEG 24KT 3194 9095 $$ CAW
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 031833
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
133 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008
MSC021-149-031900-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0237.000000T0000Z-080903T1900Z/
CLAIBORNE MS-WARREN MS-
134 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WARREN AND CENTRAL CLAIBORNE COUNTIES...
AT 134 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKY SPRINGS...OR 19 MILES
SOUTH OF VICKSBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 28 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ROCKY SPRINGS BY 140 PM CDT...
YOKENA BY 150 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3194 9105 3195 9105 3221 9098 3221 9073
3190 9089 3190 9091 3190 9093 3191 9106
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 196DEG 24KT 3207 9091
$$
CAW000
WWUS54 KJAN 031842
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
142 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008
MSC021-149-031900-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0237.000000T0000Z-080903T1900Z/
CLAIBORNE MS-WARREN MS-
142 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WARREN AND CENTRAL CLAIBORNE COUNTIES...
AT 142 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT GIBSON...OR 29 MILES SOUTH OF
VICKSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ROCKY SPRINGS AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YOKENA BY 200 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3194 9105 3195 9105 3221 9098 3221 9073
3190 9089 3190 9091 3190 9093 3191 9106
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 205DEG 34KT 3194 9097
$$
CAWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 7:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin | 119 min |
| Sep 2, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Sep 2, 8:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 11:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Issaquena, Jefferson, Sharkey and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 11 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Issaquena, Jefferson, Sharkey and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Issaquena, Jefferson, Sharkey and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 30 min |
| Sep 3, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Sep 3, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 30 min |
| Sep 3, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin | 50 min |
| Sep 3, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin | 21 min |
| Sep 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Washington | 45 min |
| Sep 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Sep 3, 6:13 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 42 min |
| Sep 3, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 55 min |
| Sep 3, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 4 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 45 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.