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Tornado Warning 313, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 9, 2008, 11:55 PM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min. 3 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
- Dec 9, 2008, 11:55 PM CST (05:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2008, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Covington County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 12:02 AM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Mize, MS | |
| Dec 10, 12:15 AM CST | HAIL 1 | 2 Nw Taylorsville, MS | |
| Dec 10, 12:30 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Taylorsville, MS | TREES DOWN IN THE CITY. |
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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 100555
TORJAN
MSC031-065-127-129-100630-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0313.081210T0555Z-081210T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1155 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1230 AM CST
* AT 1155 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MOUNT
OLIVE...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF COLLINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TAYLORSVILLE BY 1210 AM CST...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 3176 8976 3198 8948 3190 8932 3186 8932
3181 8938 3165 8958
TIME...MOT...LOC 0555Z 227DEG 35KT 3176 8960
$$
BYB2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 100607
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1207 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008
MSC065-127-100617-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0313.000000T0000Z-081210T0630Z/
JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-SIMPSON MS-
1207 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SIMPSON AND EXTREME NORTH
CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3171 8968 3188 8961 3198 8948 3190 8932
3187 8932 3184 8934 3165 8958
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 227DEG 35KT 3183 8949
$$
MSC031-129-100630-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0313.000000T0000Z-081210T0630Z/
COVINGTON MS-SMITH MS-
1207 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SMITH AND NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 1207 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIZE...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF COLLINS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY AT 1220 AM CST
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 3171 8968 3188 8961 3198 8948 3190 8932
3187 8932 3184 8934 3165 8958
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 227DEG 35KT 3183 8949
$$
BYB000
WWUS54 KJAN 100618
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1218 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008
MSC031-100629-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0313.000000T0000Z-081210T0630Z/
COVINGTON MS-
1219 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3180 8950 3196 8945 3195 8943 3192 8937
3190 8935 3188 8932 3184 8934 3180 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0619Z 227DEG 35KT 3190 8938
$$
MSC129-100630-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0313.000000T0000Z-081210T0630Z/
SMITH MS-
1219 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY...
AT 1219 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TAYLORSVILLE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF
STRINGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 3180 8950 3196 8945 3195 8943 3192 8937
3190 8935 3188 8932 3184 8934 3180 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0619Z 227DEG 35KT 3190 8938
$$
BYBThe 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, 10:58 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, 11:59 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.