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Tornado Warning 281, NWS Jackson, MS

December 9, 2008Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 9, 2008, 6:05 PM CST for Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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: Dec 9, 2008, 6:05 PM CST (00:05 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2008, 6:45 PM CST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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
Dec 9, 6:36 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sse Tinsley, MS	A FEW TREES WERE DOWN ALONG TINSLEY RD...BETWEEN OIL CITY AND TINSLY...POSSIBLE TORNADO.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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
Dec 9, 3:51 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 61 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: 1039 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 331 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 385 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.7
Supercell composite: 8.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 100005
TORJAN
MSC163-100045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0281.081210T0005Z-081210T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
605 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YAZOO CITY...

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 606 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BENTON...OR
  12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YAZOO CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF VAUGHAN BY 610 PM CST...

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 3288 8996 3268 9017 3268 9066 3269 9066
      3271 9068 3269 9069 3268 9069 3268 9070
      3276 9067 3300 9030
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 221DEG 46KT 3281 9020

$$

GARRETT

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 100014
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
614 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008

MSC163-100045-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0281.000000T0000Z-081210T0045Z/
YAZOO MS-
614 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
YAZOO COUNTY...

AT 614 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDWAY...OR 15 MILES EAST OF YAZOO CITY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

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 1100 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3288 8996 3279 9005 3282 9056 3286 9050
      3290 9044 3291 9043 3293 9039 3294 9039
      3300 9030
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 221DEG 46KT 3289 9012

$$

GARRETT

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 Dec 9, 5:30 PM CST, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 5:30 PM CST, 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
530 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY SEVERE WEATHER ONGOING THIS
AFTERNOON AS A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS FORMED AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CWFA LATER TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT
WAS ANALYZED PUSHING THROUGH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND INTO NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT THE BAND OF
THUNDERSTORMS WORKING OFF A FAVORABLY SHEARED WARM MOIST AND
UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. GREATEST FORCING TONIGHT IS STILL EXPECTED IN
THE NORTH BUT LOWER 60 DEW POINTS HAVE HAD A HARD TIME MAKING IT UP
TO HIGHWAY 82. GREATEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IS STILL EXPECTED
OVER THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA. STRONG GRADIENT WINDS
AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT SHOULD MEET LOCAL LAKE WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA TONIGHT AND THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
EXTENDED. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES AND TRAINING OF THE STORMS
WITHIN THE LINE HAS LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN THE WEST...A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CWFA TONIGHT.
RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.
WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER
MOST OF THE AREA. JUDGING FROM LATEST MSAS ANALYSIS...THE GFS IS A
LITTLE TOO FAST WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT THROUGH OUR CWFA
TONIGHT BUT THE COLD FRONT SHOULD BE MOVING INTO OUR SOUTHEAST
COUNTIES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE COLD FRONT WILL BE
SOUTHEAST OF OUR AREA WEDNESDAY MORNINGS MODELS STILL SHOW THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A SECOND SURFACE LOW ALONG THE COLD FRONT TO OUR
SOUTHEAST. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO DIGGING UPPER TROUGH AND FORMING
CLOSED LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY. THERE IS STILL
CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCE IN THE MODELS WITH THE TRACK OF THIS LOW AND
WITH THE ASSOCIATED CHANCES OF SNOW FOR THE REGION. THE ECWMF IS
FARTHEST NORTH AND FARTHER EAST WITH THE LOW COMPARED WITH THE NAM
AND GFS. THE ACTUAL TRACK OF THE LOW WILL DETERMINE ANY
TROWAL...DEFORMATION...BANDED SNOW AXIS. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE
STILL EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. WL
NOT MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST AND KEEP MENTION
OF SNOW MIXING IN AND/OR CHANGING OVER BEFORE SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION ENDS THURSDAY. IN ADDITION TO RAIN/SNOW CHANCES...A
COLD AND WINDY DAY LOOKS ON TAP FOR THURSDAY AS HIGHS STRUGGLE TO
CLIMB OUT OF THE 30S.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...THE MDLS GET INTO
DECENT AGREEMENT HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND BUT BY NEXT WEEK THEY
REALLY START TO DIVERGE.

PRECIP SHOULD COME TO AN END THU EVENING/OVERNIGHT AND SKIES WILL
START TO CLEAR OUT. TEMPS ARE A DIFFICULT PROPOSITION RIGHT NOW B/C
A LOT WILL DEPEND IF WE HAVE SNOW ON THE GROUND. IF THERE IS THEN
LOWS FRI MORNING WILL BE COLDER THAN EXPECTED. DUE TO THE
UNCERTAINTY I WILL JUST STICK WITH THE MEX GUI FOR NOW. HIGHS WILL
ALSO BE BELOW NORMAL WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY QUITE COOL IF(BIG
IF THERE) IS SNOW ON THE GROUND.

THIS WEEKEND AND HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK THE PATTERN WILL FINALLY
CHANGE AND TEMPS WILL MODERATE WITH RAIN CHANCE INCREASING NEXT
WEEK. I HAVE JUST STUCK WITH THE MEX FOR THIS PERIOD FOR BOTH TEMPS
AND POPS. /CAB/

&&

.AVIATION...WINDY AND RAINY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION.
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 KTS IN MOST LOCATIONS WITH
GUSTS TO 30KTS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTS TO 50KTS. MOST OF
THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY REMAINS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND
WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT GLH/TVR/HEZ THROUGH AT LEAST 00Z. AN AREA OF
RAIN HAS MOVED INTO HBG AND WILL REMAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE. THERE MAY
BE OCCASIONAL DOWNPOURS THAT WILL BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO
LIFR CONDITIONS. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH INTO MEI
THROUGH THE SAME TIME PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE MOVING
INTO JAN/GWO BY 00Z ALSO. GTR WILL NOT SEE TOO MANY IMPACTS UNTIL
AFTER 00Z...WHEN LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE AREA.
AFTER 01Z...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD SHIFT EAST. THERE MAY
BE A FEW STORMS LINGERING AROUND GLH...BUT MOST OF THE IMPACTS WILL
BE AT GWO/JAN UNTIL ABOUT 4-5Z. THE ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT TO
GTR/MEI/HBG AFTER 4Z AND CONTINUE THROUGH 8 OR 9Z. MVFR CONDITIONS
SHOULD PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF LIFR
CONDITIONS THROUGH 18Z. THERE MAY BE SOME LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE AREA
FROM 12-18Z WEDNESDAY. /07/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       47  49  34  41 / 100  73  94  70
MERIDIAN      51  54  37  42 / 100  79  94  79
VICKSBURG     45  46  34  42 /  94  72  91  57
HATTIESBURG   53  55  38  42 /  99  94  85  50
NATCHEZ       45  47  34  42 /  98  90  97  53
GREENVILLE    41  45  33  46 /  84  45  71  45
GREENWOOD     43  45  33  45 /  94  43  73  63

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR MSZ026>033-
     036>039-042>066-072>074.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR MSZ028>033-037>039-
     043>046-048>066-072>074.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR MSZ018-019-025-
     034-035-040-041.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR MSZ018-019-025-
     034-035-040-041.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR LAZ024-026.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR LAZ007>009-015-
     016-023>026.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LAZ007>009-015-
     016-023>026.

AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR ARZ074-075.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ARZ074-075.

&&

SHORT TERM: 22
LONG TERM: CAB
AVIATION: 07

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 9, 4:43 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
443 PM CST TUE DEC 09 2008

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

0415 PM     TORNADO          2 SSE LOUISE            32.96N 90.58W
12/09/2008                   HUMPHREYS          MS   STORM CHASER

            REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN AN OPEN FIELD NEAR NO 3
            ROAD.

&&

JFAIRLY

Local storm report, Dec 9, 4:57 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
457 PM CST TUE DEC 09 2008

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

0450 PM     HAIL             2 S YAZOO CITY          32.83N 90.41W
12/09/2008  E1.75 INCH       YAZOO              MS   STORM CHASER

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED 2 MILES SOUTH OF YAZOO CITY
            ON OLD HWY 49.

&&

JFAIRLY

Local storm report, Dec 9, 5:39 PM CST, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
539 PM CST TUE DEC 09 2008

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

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSE YAZOO CITY        32.85N 90.40W
12/09/2008                   YAZOO              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND ARE BLOCKING OLD BENTON ROAD.
            TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 3 AND
            BROADWAY.

&&

JFAIRLY

Local storm report, Dec 9, 5:41 PM CST, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
541 PM CST TUE DEC 09 2008

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

0500 PM     TORNADO          1 SSE YAZOO CITY        32.85N 90.40W
12/09/2008                   YAZOO              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND ARE BLOCKING OLD BENTON ROAD.
            TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 3 AND
            BROADWAY.

&&

JFAIRLY

Local storm report, Dec 9, 5:49 PM CST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
549 PM CST TUE DEC 09 2008

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

0500 PM     TORNADO          3 E YAZOO CITY          32.86N 90.36W
12/09/2008                   YAZOO              MS   STORM CHASER

            STORM CHASER REPORTS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE ALONG HWY 16 EAST
            OF YAZOO CITY. HOMES DAMAGED...OUTBUILDING
            OBLITERATED...NUMEROUS TREES ACROSS ROAD...BUSINESS
            DAMAGED WITH WINDOWS BLOWN OUT. COULD NOT GO ANY FARTHER
            EAST ON ROAD DUE TO TREES ACROSS THE HIGHWAY.

&&

JFAIRLY

Local storm report, Dec 9, 5:57 PM CST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
557 PM CST TUE DEC 09 2008

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

0459 PM     TORNADO          3 SE YAZOO CITY         32.83N 90.38W
12/09/2008                   YAZOO              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 49 AND LARGE SIGN BLOWN DOWN

&&

AEG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 9, 6:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Yazoo	44 min
Dec 9, 6:19 PM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more	10 hr
Dec 9, 6:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	41 min
Dec 9, 6:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Montgomery	48 min
Dec 9, 6:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	46 min
Dec 9, 6:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes	33 min
Dec 9, 6:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	42 min
Dec 9, 6:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster	41 min
Dec 9, 6:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Yazoo	47 min
Dec 9, 6:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery	38 min
Dec 9, 6:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	52 min
Dec 9, 6:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	20 min
Dec 9, 7:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	50 min
Dec 9, 7:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Webster	40 min
Dec 9, 7:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Hinds, Madison, Warren, Yazoo	46 min
Dec 9, 7:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala	45 min
Dec 9, 7:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson	43 min
Dec 9, 7:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jones, Newton, Smith	40 min
Dec 9, 7:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Newton, Smith	47 min
Dec 9, 7:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	23 min
Dec 9, 7:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Simpson, Smith	50 min
Dec 9, 8:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Yazoo	41 min
Dec 9, 8:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster	68 min
Dec 9, 8:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson, Lincoln and 3 more	44 min
Dec 9, 8:20 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clay and 22 more	3 hr
Dec 9, 8:24 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	10 days
Dec 9, 8:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Leake, Winston	51 min
Dec 9, 8:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds	36 min
Dec 9, 8:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith	39 min
Dec 9, 8:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin, Scott	46 min
Dec 9, 8:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha	32 min
Dec 9, 8:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	35 min
Dec 9, 9:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	39 min
Dec 9, 9:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee	37 min
Dec 9, 9:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Scott	31 min
Dec 9, 9:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Scott	25 min
Dec 9, 9:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Winston	40 min
Dec 9, 9:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee	49 min
Dec 9, 10:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott	44 min
Dec 9, 10:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	41 min
Dec 9, 10:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln	38 min
Dec 9, 10:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha	45 min
Dec 9, 10:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	51 min
Dec 9, 10:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	35 min
Dec 9, 10:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	18 min
Dec 9, 10:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton	48 min
Dec 9, 10:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	26 min
Dec 9, 10:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion	40 min
Dec 9, 10:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	18 min
Dec 9, 10:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion	31 min
Dec 9, 11:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith	39 min
Dec 9, 11:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton	66 min
Dec 9, 11:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	33 min
Dec 9, 11:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	43 min
Dec 9, 11:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	52 min
Dec 9, 11:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	35 min
Dec 9, 11:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	46 min
Dec 10, 12:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion, Smith	25 min
Dec 10, 12:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	21 min
Dec 10, 12:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith	48 min
Dec 10, 12:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	45 min
Dec 10, 12:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale	46 min
Dec 10, 1:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	27 min
Dec 10, 1:19 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	33 hr
Dec 10, 1:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	67 min
Dec 10, 1:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	32 min
Dec 10, 5:25 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Copiah, Covington and 26 more	11 hr
Dec 10, 4:13 PM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more	18 hr
Dec 10, 4:24 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	JAN	Adams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 38 more	23 hr
Dec 10, 4:24 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	JAN	Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 5 more	18 hr

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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.