Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 256, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 13, 2008, 3:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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 13, 2008, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Warren County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 132009 TORJAN MSC021-029-049-149-132100- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0256.080913T2009Z-080913T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 309 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... WESTERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... EAST CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 309 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARPENTER...OR 23 MILES WEST OF HAZLEHURST...MOVING NORTH AT 41 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CARPENTER AND ROCKY SPRINGS BY 315 PM CDT... REGANTON BY 325 PM CDT... NEWMAN BY 335 PM CDT... EDWARDS AND BOVINA BY 345 PM CDT... FLOWERS BY 350 PM CDT... YOUNGTON BY 355 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 3247 9079 3246 9049 3196 9066 3197 9084 TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 192DEG 36KT 3200 9075 $$ CME
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KJAN 132023 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 323 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 MSC029-132033- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0256.000000T0000Z-080913T2100Z/ COPIAH MS- 323 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COPIAH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3247 9079 3246 9049 3207 9063 3209 9078 TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 193DEG 36KT 3213 9071 $$ MSC021-049-149-132100- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0256.000000T0000Z-080913T2100Z/ CLAIBORNE MS-HINDS MS-WARREN MS- 323 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL WARREN...WESTERN HINDS AND NORTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE COUNTIES... AT 323 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR REGANTON...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VICKSBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 42 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NEWMAN BY 335 PM CDT... EDWARDS AND BOVINA BY 345 PM CDT... FLOWERS BY 350 PM CDT... YOUNGTON BY 355 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 3247 9079 3246 9049 3207 9063 3209 9078 TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 193DEG 36KT 3213 9071 $$ CME
000 WWUS54 KJAN 132038 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 338 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 MSC021-132048- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0256.000000T0000Z-080913T2100Z/ CLAIBORNE MS- 338 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3247 9079 3246 9049 3214 9068 3226 9076 TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 191DEG 35KT 3227 9069 $$ MSC049-149-132100- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0256.000000T0000Z-080913T2100Z/ HINDS MS-WARREN MS- 338 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL WARREN AND WEST CENTRAL HINDS COUNTIES... AT 338 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWMAN...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VICKSBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BOVINA AND EDWARDS BY 345 PM CDT... FLOWERS BY 350 PM CDT... YOUNGTON BY 355 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 3247 9079 3246 9049 3214 9068 3226 9076 TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 191DEG 35KT 3227 9069 $$ AEG
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 13, 11:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 11:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1100 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
.DISCUSSION...CURRENTLY THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE IS JUST SW OF
LUFKIN TX AND STEADILY MOVING N. MAIN IMPACTS ACROSS OUR CWA TODAY
WILL BE WIND AND WHAT EVER A FEW OUTER BANDS BRING. AT THIS
TIME...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND W OF THE MS RIVER WITH
BREEZY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. DUE TO THAT...SOME ADJ WERE NEEDED TO
THE WIND ADV AND LAKE WIND ADV. THE MAIN ADJ WERE TO STOP THE WIND
ADV AT 6 PM AND KEEP THE LAKE WIND GOING UNTIL MIDNIGHT ACROSS JUST
THE W HALF OF THE AREA. SOME WIND GUSTS IN THE WIND ADV AREA MAY
RANGE BETWEEN 30-40 MPH AND COULD DOWN SOME TREES DUE TO THE WET
SOIL CONDITIONS.
THE OTHER THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW TORNADOES WITH
ANY OF THE OUTER BANDS. WIND SHEAR IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT...THE MAIN
QUESTION WILL BE THE INSTABILITY AS THERE IS WARM AIR ALOFT AND SOME
POCKETS OF CAPPING. THERE IS MASSIVE 0-2KM MOISTURE ADV MOVING IN OUR
DIRECTION AND THAT WILL HELP REDUCE SOME OF THE CAPPING. THE MAIN
POINT IS THAT THESE OUTER BANDS MAY NOT BE AS POTENT THAN WITH SOME
OTHER STORMS. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL A RISK OF TORNADOES TODAY WITH
THE HIGHEST CHANCES OF SEEING THAT WEST OF I-55 AND MAINLY ALONG AND
W OF THE RIVER.
AS FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING...NOT OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...BUT IF A BAND CAN DEVELOP AND GET ANCHORED
ACROSS A PARTICULAR AREA...THEN THERE COULD BE A FLOODING ISSUE. IM
REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT HEAVY RAIN AN FLOODING AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO THE
FIRST PART OF SUN...MAINLY FROM 4 AM TO NOON ACROSS THE NW HALF OF
THE AREA. THERE LOOKS TO BE A SETUP FOR A HEAVY RAIN BAND TO SETUP
WITH TRAINING POTENTIAL. THERE COULD EASILY BE 2-4 INCH TOTALS WITH
THIS WITH LOCALLY 6-8 INCHES. WE WILL LIKELY HAVE TO RE-CONFIGURE THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH LATER TO CATCH MORE OF THE NW PORTION OF THE CWA. A
FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA AS WELL BUT WIND SHEAR
WILL BECOME LESS SUPPORTIVE OF TORNADOES BY LATE MORNING AND MIDDAY
HOURS SUNDAY. /CME/
&&
.AVIATION....AVIATION...PATCHY MVFR STRATUS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID
MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. MOST LOCATIONS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THESE
CEILINGS LIFT TO AT LEAST 3 KFT BY MIDDAY...ALTHOUGH PERIODS OF MVFR
CEILINGS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ALL DAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
THE AREA. LOW STRATUS WITH MVFR CEILINGS WILL AGAIN RETURN BY THE
LATE EVENING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. IN ADDITION...EXPECT AT LEAST
ISOLATED SHOWERS TO BUILD EAST ACROSS THE AREA AS WE GO INTO THE
AFTERNOON. THERE WILL EXIST THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER SHOWERS AND A
FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT AREAS MAINLY WEST OF THE
INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR. OTHERWISE EXPECT GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS
WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR. WINDS WILL BE AROUND 15 TO 25
KTS THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY WITH GUSTS OF ABOUT 30 TO 35 KTS FOR
MUCH OF THE REGION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WEST. /14/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON 88 77 85 67 / 42 54 72 57
MERIDIAN 89 77 87 69 / 21 28 58 66
VICKSBURG 87 76 84 65 / 65 71 73 44
HATTIESBURG 89 77 87 72 / 47 24 54 65
NATCHEZ 85 76 83 66 / 85 73 74 49
GREENVILLE 88 74 83 63 / 51 74 60 26
GREENWOOD 89 76 83 62 / 28 53 65 33
&&
.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR MSZ018-019-
025>066-072>074.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR MSZ034-040-041-047-
053-059>061.
LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CDT
TONIGHT FOR LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LAZ007>009-015-016-
023>026.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR LAZ007>009-015-
016-023>026.
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CDT
TONIGHT FOR ARZ074-075.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ARZ074-075.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ARZ074-075.
&&
CME
14Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 2:31 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 231 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 MSZ029>033-037>039-044>046-050>052-055>058-063>066-072>074-141945- WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE- LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER- CLARKE-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR- FORREST- 231 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS IKE MOVES ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION. THESE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIE DOWN BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. FOR SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE REMNANTS OF IKE LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST. STORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DROP A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WHICH MAY RESULT IN PROBLEMS WITH PONDING WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY 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...IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>028-034>036- 040>043-047>049-053-054-059>062-141945- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS- HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN- CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN- 231 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WEST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS IKE MOVES ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIE DOWN BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE OUTER BANDS OF TROPICAL STORM IKE MOVE OVER PORTIONS OF THE ARKLAMISS REGION. LOCATIONS WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISK AREAS. BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ON THE EAST SIDE OF IKE ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. THESE BANDS COULD REMAIN RATHER STATIONARY TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY...PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...THIS RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLOODING PROBLEMS FOR THIS AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY 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 THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 4:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Adams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clay and 23 more | 35 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 35 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.