Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 252, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 3, 2008, 8:08 PM CDT for Issaquena County, Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 52 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, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, Issaquena County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 816 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 040108
TORJAN
LAC035-MSC055-040200-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0252.080904T0108Z-080904T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
808 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAKE PROVIDENCE...
NORTHWESTERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
LAKE PROVIDENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE PROVIDENCE BY 815 PM CDT...
SHELBURN BY 825 PM CDT...
MILLIKIN AND GASSOWAY BY 835 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 3301 9125 3302 9110 3275 9116 3280 9133
3282 9133
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 223DEG 20KT 3282 9129
$$
MME2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 040128
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
828 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008
LAC035-MSC055-040200-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080904T0200Z/
EAST CARROLL LA-ISSAQUENA MS-
828 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY...AND NORTH CENTRAL EAST CARROLL
PARISH...
AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLIKIN...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF LAKE
PROVIDENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL NORTHWESTERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY AT 840 PM CDT
RURAL NORTHEASTERN EAST CARROLL PARISH AT 840 PM CDT
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3301 9122 3302 9110 3301 9111 3300 9110
3289 9113 3290 9122 3293 9125
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 219DEG 26KT 3295 9117
$$
MME000
WWUS54 KJAN 040153
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
853 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008
LAC035-MSC055-040203-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080904T0200Z/
EAST CARROLL LA-ISSAQUENA MS-
853 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY...AND NORTH
CENTRAL EAST CARROLL PARISH EXPIRES AT 900 PM CDT...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3301 9122 3302 9110 3301 9111 3300 9110
3289 9113 3290 9122 3293 9125
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 219DEG 26KT 3309 9103
$$
MMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 64 min |
| Sep 3, 7:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 48 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 14 min |
| Sep 3, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 10:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 18 hr |
| Sep 3, 10:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Holmes, Humphreys, Jefferson and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 11:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Grenada, Hinds and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 11:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 15 min |
| Sep 4, 12:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson, Leflore, Sharkey and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Madison, Montgomery and 1 more | 114 min |
| Sep 4, 8:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Marion | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 24 hr |
| Sep 3, 9:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Richland | 13 hr |
| Sep 3, 9:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Tensas | 37 hr |
| Sep 3, 9:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland | 12 hr |
Nearby
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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.