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Tornado Warning 250, NWS Jackson, MS

September 3, 2008Washington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 3, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT for Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2008, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 3, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 032345
TORJAN
MSC151-040030-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0250.080903T2345Z-080904T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
645 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...AVON...LELAND...HOLLANDALE...
  GREENVILLE...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR AVON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENVILLE BY 700 PM CDT...
  METCALFE...LELAND AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINTERVILLE BY 710 PM
  CDT...
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAMONT BY 715 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 3353 9077 3329 9077 3312 9068 3311 9091
      3302 9092 3302 9115 3314 9120 3315 9109
      3328 9104 3325 9110 3333 9114 3345 9106
      3341 9120 3341 9121 3345 9112 3347 9112
      3351 9117 3344 9123 3353 9120
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 212DEG 27KT 3327 9109

$$

DHB

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 040008
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
708 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

MSC151-040030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0250.000000T0000Z-080904T0030Z/
WASHINGTON MS-
708 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WAYSIDE...OR NEAR AVON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
28 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LELAND AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF METCALFE BY 725 PM CDT...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRIBBETT BY 730 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 3353 9077 3329 9077 3312 9068 3311 9091
      3302 9092 3302 9115 3314 9120 3315 9109
      3328 9104 3325 9110 3333 9114 3345 9106
      3341 9120 3341 9121 3345 9112 3347 9112
      3351 9117 3344 9123 3353 9120
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 219DEG 24KT 3331 9099

$$

DHB

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 3, 3:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 3:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
305 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

...CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS AFFECTS OF GUSTAV PULLS AWAY FROM THE
ARKLAMISS REGION...

.DISCUSSION...LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS REMNANTS OF GUSTAV
ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. CONVECTIVE BANDS ARE CONTINUING THE
MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. LOW TO MID LEVEL FLOW HAS THE BEST SHEAR AND
CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE WEST HALF OF THE REGION. STILL EXPECT SOME
ISOLATED TORNADOES TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS OVER THE WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE REGION. AS FAR AS FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL IS CONCERN
WILL ALLOW THE WATCH TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. EXPECT LIGHT BREEZY
CONDITIONS FOR TONIGHT...SO WILL LET THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY EXPIRE
AT 4 PM. THE BEST WINDS WILL BE UP IN THE NORTHWEST DELTA
REGION...BUT EXPECT THE WINDS TO DIMINISH AS THE SURFACE LOW PULLS
NORTH DURING THE NIGHT.

*******ALSO SENT OUT A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...COURTESY OF
OUR SENIOR HYDROLOGIST. GUSTAV STORM TOTALS RANGED UP TO 19 INCHES
AT LARTO LAKE LOUISIANA.****

SHORT RANGE AND MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SHOWS THAT THE REMNANTS OF
GUSTAV WILL PUSH INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY EARLY THURSDAY. THIS WILL
HELP TO DIMINISH THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT. A SURFACE
BOUNDARY WILL BE TRAILING THE LOW PRESSURE AREA. WE WILL BE GETTING
BACK TO A MORE DIURNAL PATTERN AS WE GET TOWARD THE END OF THE WORK
WEEK. THE BOUNDARY WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
WE WILL BE GETTING SOME RAINS WITH IT IN A MORE CONVECTIVE NATURE.
THE BOUNDARY WILL PUSH EAST OF THE REGION ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE
THE ARKLAMISS TO DRY OUT FROM THE WEST ON LATE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT. AS FAR AS TEMPS ARE CONCERN BELIEVE THAT MODELS ARE GOING
TOO COOL WITH TEMPS WITH A WET GROUND AND GRADUALLY DECREASING CLOUDS
AS WE GO INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. SO MADE SOME SLIGHT
UPWARD ADJUSTMENTS. WITH DAILY HIGHS WENT CLOSE TO MAV GUIDANCE.
LOWS WILL BE FROM THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S FOR TONIGHT...LOWER 70S
FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND NEAR 70 TO LOWER 70S FOR FRIDAY NIGHT. DAILY
HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S./17/

.AVIATION...THE RAIN HAS FILLED IN ACROSS THE REGION...SO LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AT MOST SITES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH...BUT VCTS SHOULD BE GOOD AT THIS
POINT. RAIN MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 3 MILES OR LESS IN A
FEW LOCATIONS...SO WILL MAINTAIN WORSENING CONDITIONS IN TEMPO
GROUPS THROUGH THE EVENING. STILL LOOKING FOR RAIN TO DIMINISH
ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...LOW CLOUDS AND FOG SHOULD
MOVE IN AND MAINTAIN THROUGH SUNRISE. MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN ZONES JUST
BEFORE SUNRISE AND SLOWLY TRACK EAST THROUGH THE DAY. STILL LOOKS
LIKE GLH/GWO AND MAYBE JAN WILL BE THE ONLY SITES IMPACTED BEFORE
18Z./7/

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...424 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

.LONG TERM...THE EXTENDED FORECAST LOOKS RATHER QUIET. THE MODELS
ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER PATTERN SHOWING EITHER WEAK
ZONAL OR SW FLOW. AFTER THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV PUSH OFF WELL TO OUR
NORTHEAST DRIER AIR WILL WORK IN AND THIS WILL HELP KEEP RAIN
CHANCES PRETTY LOW. THE WEEKEND WILL LIKELY BE MOSTLY DRY WHICH WILL
BE A WELCOME CHANGE. SLIGHTLY COOLER LL TEMPS WILL ALSO MOVE IN AND
KEEP HIGHS IN CHECK. IN ADDITION TO HIGHS THIS COOLER/DRIER AIR
WOULD NORMALLY ALLOW FOR SOME RATHER COMFORTABLE NIGHTS BUT WITH THE
AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN ALREADY AND WILL FALL B/T NOW AND THU
LOWS WILL LIKELY NOT GET NEARLY AS COOL AS THE GUI IS SHOWING FOR
THIS WEEKEND THANKS TO ALL OF THE GROUND MOISTURE. DUE TO THAT I
HAVE STUCK WITH LOWS CLOSE TO 70 FOR SAT AND SUN. THINGS REMAIN
PRETTY QUIET HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK BUT WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO
KEEP AN EYE ON TROPICAL STORM IKE. THE FORECAST STILL HAS IKE MOVING
TWRDS THE FL STRAIGHTS WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF GETTING INTO THE GULF
BY MON. /CAB/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       75  85  72  85 /  57  40  23  21
MERIDIAN      74  86  71  86 /  41  45  32  23
VICKSBURG     74  84  71  86 /  68  29  19  12
HATTIESBURG   76  87  73  88 /  41  54  28  23
NATCHEZ       76  82  72  85 /  52  27  16  13
GREENVILLE    75  82  71  85 /  77  36  20  13
GREENWOOD     76  82  71  85 /  67  47  24  16

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MSZ018-019-025-
     034>037-040>045-047>066-072>074.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR MSZ018-019-
     025>028-034>036-040>043-047>049-053>055-059>063.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LAZ007>009-015-
     016-023>026.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR LAZ007>009-
     015-016-023>026.

AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ARZ074-075.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ARZ074-075.

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 2:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
257 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

MSZ043>046-048>052-054>058-062>066-072>074-042000-
MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-
LAUDERDALE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-
JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
257 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS THE AREA. TORNADOES WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISK. THE OUTER RAIN
BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTAV WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ROTATING STORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...BRIEF DOWNPOURS WILL BE
LIKELY. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUN-OFF AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

THERE WILL BE A RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AGAIN THURSDAY. A
COLD FRONT WILL DEVELOP JUST WEST OF THE AREA AND SLOWLY TRACK EAST
EARLY THURSDAY. THE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE EXTREMELY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BY THE
AFTERNOON...WHERE A FEW STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY

A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
THURSDAY EVENING. AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY TRACKS EAST THROUGH THE
MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...A FEW STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

.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 THURSDAY NIGHT.

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-034-040-041-047-053-
059>061-042000-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-
WASHINGTON-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-WARREN-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-
FRANKLIN MS-
257 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

TORNADOES WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE OUTER RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTAV WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
ROTATING STORMS AND A FEW TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP. IN ADDITION...HEAVY
DOWNS POURS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL
AGGRAVATE FLOODING. AVOID FLOODED AREAS UNTIL WATER RECEDES. BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF MORE FLOODING DEVELOPS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY

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...MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

MSZ029>033-037>039-042000-
WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-
257 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR .

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

HEAVY DOWNPOURS ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTAV CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA TONIGHT. PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY IN URBAN AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.

THERE WILL BE A RISK OF STRONG STORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL
DEVELOP JUST WEST OF THE AREA AND SLOWLY TRACK EAST EARLY THURSDAY.
THE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BY THE AFTERNOON... WHERE A FEW
STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF 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...IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

MSZ019-025>028-035-036-042-042000-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-
YAZOO-
257 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS THE AREA. TORNADOES WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISK. THE OUTER RAIN
BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTAV WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ROTATING STORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...BRIEF DOWNPOURS WILL BE
LIKELY. THE GROUND AROUND THE REGION IS SATURATED. ANY ADDITIONAL
RAIN WILL RUN-OFF AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AVOID FLOODED AREAS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING DEVELOPS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF 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...MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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 3, 4:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
417 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

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

1030 AM     TORNADO          HICKORY                 32.32N 89.02W
09/02/2008                   NEWTON             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN IN AREA AND TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED AT
            INTERSECTION OF US HWY 80 AND STATE HWY 503

&&

ESA

Local storm report, Sep 3, 5:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
520 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

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

0400 PM     TORNADO          BUDE                    31.46N 90.85W
09/02/2008                   FRANKLIN           MS   PUBLIC

            FRONT PORCH WAS DAMAGED AT A RESTAURANT NEAR THE
            INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 98 AND 84. A TREE WAS ALSO
            REPORTED DOWN.

&&

WILSON

Local storm report, Sep 3, 5:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
522 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

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

0248 PM     TORNADO          9 NNE COLLINS           31.76N 89.49W
09/02/2008  F1               COVINGTON          MS   NWS STORM SURVEY

            75 YARDS WIDE AND 4.5 MILE TRACK STARTED 3 SW HOT COFFEE
            ENDED 4 NW HOT COFFEE. 1 HOME WITH SIGNIFICANT ROOF
            DAMAGE AND CARPORT DESTROYED...1 HOME WITH MAJOR ROOF
            DAMAGE AND A SHED DESTROYED...2 HOMES WITH MINOR ROOF
            DAMAGE...A CHICKEN HOUSE NEARLY DESTROYED. SEVERAL TREES
            UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF ALONG TRACK.

&&

WILSON

Local storm report, Sep 3, 5:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR MAG
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
522 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

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

0248 PM     TORNADO          9 NNE COLLINS           31.76N 89.49W
09/02/2008  EF1              COVINGTON          MS   NWS STORM SURVEY

            75 YARDS WIDE AND 4.5 MILE TRACK STARTED 3 SW HOT COFFEE
            ENDED 4 NW HOT COFFEE. 1 HOME WITH SIGNIFICANT ROOF
            DAMAGE AND CARPORT DESTROYED...1 HOME WITH MAJOR ROOF
            DAMAGE AND A SHED DESTROYED...2 HOMES WITH MINOR ROOF
            DAMAGE...A CHICKEN HOUSE NEARLY DESTROYED. SEVERAL TREES
            UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF ALONG TRACK.

&&

WILSON

Local storm report, Sep 3, 5:53 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
553 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

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

0530 PM     TORNADO          3 N JONESVILLE          31.67N 91.83W
09/03/2008                   CATAHOULA          LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND. DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES.

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, Sep 3, 6:23 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
623 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

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

0601 PM     TORNADO          4 NE LAKE VILLAGE       33.37N 91.23W
09/03/2008                   CHICOT             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BRIEF TORNADO VIEWED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER. NO KNOWN
            DAMAGE.

&&

GERARD

The 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, 1:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	46 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

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