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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 2:12 PM CST for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 22 min. 5 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, 2:12 PM CST (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 2:34 PM CST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lowndes County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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, 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.
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, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 102012
TORJAN
MSC087-102045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0028.080110T2012Z-080110T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
212 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 245 PM CST
* AT 212 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO NEAR KOLOLA SPRINGS...OR ABOUT NEAR COLUMBUS AFB...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR CALEDONIA BY 220 PM.
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
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 3376 8825 3362 8826 3356 8835 3367 8847
3369 8845 3370 8838 3376 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 230DEG 39KT 3369 8833
$$
GARRETT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KJAN 102034
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
235 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
MSC087-102045-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080110T2045Z/
LOWNDES MS-
235 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3376 8825 3362 8826 3356 8835 3367 8847
3369 8845 3370 8838 3376 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 230DEG 39KT 3385 8810
$$
GARRETTThe 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, 1:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 43 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, 2:25 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.