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Tornado Warning 310, NWS Jackson, MS

December 9, 2008Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 9, 2008, 10:58 PM CST for Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 18 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: Dec 9, 2008, 10:58 PM CST (04:58 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2008, 11:16 PM CST
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 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.

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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 100458
TORJAN
MSC127-129-100545-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0310.081210T0458Z-081210T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1058 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MAGEE...
  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CST

* AT 1058 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MAGEE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RALEIGH AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TAYLORSVILLE
  BY 1120 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 3189 8988 3223 8933 3182 8933 3179 8968
      3178 8973 3178 8977 3177 8978 3177 8979
      3178 8983
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 246DEG 39KT 3183 8974

$$

GARRETT

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 100516
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1116 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008

MSC127-129-100526-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0310.000000T0000Z-081210T0545Z/
SMITH MS-SIMPSON MS-
1116 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SIMPSON AND SMITH COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3189 8988 3223 8933 3182 8933 3179 8968
      3178 8973 3178 8977 3177 8978 3178 8979
      3178 8983
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 246DEG 39KT 3190 8953

$$

BYB

The 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, 7:30 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, 10:59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.