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Tornado Warning 293, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 9, 2008, 7:30 PM CST for Attala County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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, 7:30 PM CST (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2008, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Attala County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 7:45 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Sallis, MS | TWO FARM BUILDINGS DAMAGED...8 HOMES WITH ROOF DAMAGE...5 MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED AND CAR PORT DAMAGED ON HIGHWAY 429 AND HIGHWAY 14 INTERSECT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 3:51 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 100130
TORJAN
MSC007-100215-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0293.081210T0130Z-081210T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
730 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOSCIUSKO...
* UNTIL 815 PM CST
* AT 730 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
MCADAMS...OR NEAR DURANT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MCADAMS BY 735 PM CST...
KOSCIUSKO BY 745 PM CST...
8 MILES NORTH OF SMYRNA BY 750 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 3328 8932 3298 8932 3293 8972 3296 8983
3329 8941
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 249DEG 37KT 3302 8978
$$
GARRETT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KJAN 100151
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
751 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008
MSC007-100215-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0293.000000T0000Z-081210T0215Z/
ATTALA MS-
751 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR ATTALA
COUNTY...
AT 751 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ETHEL...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF KOSCIUSKO...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MCCOOL BY 805 PM CST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3328 8932 3298 8932 3293 8972 3296 8983
3329 8941
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 254DEG 36KT 3315 8952
$$
GARRETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 6:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 40 min |
| 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, 7:32 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.