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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Jackson, MS

January 10, 2008Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 2:39 PM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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
Jan 10, 2008, 2:39 PM CST (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Jan 10, 2008, 3:15 PM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Jones County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 10, 11:33 AM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2008-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 315 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2008-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
315 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 102040 RRA
TORJAN
MSC067-102115-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0032.080110T2039Z-080110T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
239 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELLISVILLE...

* UNTIL 315 PM CST

* AT 239 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 
  POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR TUCKERS CROSSING...OR ABOUT NEAR             
  ELLISVILLE...MOVING   NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MILL CREEK BY 255 PM CST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS HAS PRODUCED GOLF BALL   
SIZE HAIL AT TUCKERS CROSSING AT 235 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 3162 8924 3181 8895 3154 8894 3153 8895
      3151 8894 3151 8895 3145 8894 3145 8922
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 238DEG 34KT 3163 8910

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 102100 RRA
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
301 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

MSC067-102115-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080110T2115Z/
JONES MS-
301 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR EASTERN
JONES COUNTY...

AT 301 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILL CREEK...OR ABOUT 9
MILES EAST OF LAUREL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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.

LAT...LON 3170 8905 3182 8894 3156 8895 3154 8894
      3151 8895 3145 8894 3146 8905 3146 8906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 241DEG 29KT 3169 8894

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 10:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren45 min
Jan 10, 10:41 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson49 min
Jan 10, 10:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey, Yazoo62 min
Jan 10, 11:06 AM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo54 min
Jan 10, 11:11 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln64 min
Jan 10, 11:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren27 min
Jan 10, 11:24 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Hinds66 min
Jan 10, 11:29 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne14 min
Jan 10, 11:41 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Leake, Madison64 min
Jan 10, 11:44 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson46 min
Jan 10, 11:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin53 min
Jan 10, 11:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion80 min
Jan 10, 12:06 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin54 min
Jan 10, 12:15 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin, Simpson, Smith45 min
Jan 10, 12:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston49 min
Jan 10, 12:40 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMarion50 min
Jan 10, 12:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson41 min
Jan 10, 12:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes55 min
Jan 10, 12:50 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake, Madison, Rankin, Scott55 min
Jan 10, 12:58 PM CSTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha47 min
Jan 10, 1:06 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jones39 min
Jan 10, 1:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion42 min
Jan 10, 1:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Hinds38 min
Jan 10, 1:22 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence53 min
Jan 10, 1:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin52 min
Jan 10, 1:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Winston39 min
Jan 10, 1:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Lamar, Marion44 min
Jan 10, 1:32 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClay, Lowndes43 min
Jan 10, 1:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin38 min
Jan 10, 1:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar62 min
Jan 10, 1:51 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar54 min
Jan 10, 1:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper50 min
Jan 10, 1:59 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis46 min
Jan 10, 2:12 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes22 min
Jan 10, 2:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion35 min
Jan 10, 2:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee48 min
Jan 10, 2:32 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee43 min
Jan 10, 2:40 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Jones, Smith35 min
Jan 10, 2:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke46 min
Jan 10, 2:49 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones26 min
Jan 10, 2:58 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Jones47 min
Jan 10, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion15 min
Jan 10, 3:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Jones, Smith42 min
Jan 10, 3:44 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jones2 hr
Jan 10, 3:44 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jones2 hr
Jan 10, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones45 min
Jan 10, 3:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke40 min
Jan 10, 4:05 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke25 min
Jan 10, 4:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.