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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 2:58 PM CST for Covington County, Jefferson Davis County, Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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, 2:58 PM CST (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Covington County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 7:46 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jan 10, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 102058 TORJAN MSC031-065-067-102145- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0035.080110T2058Z-080110T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 258 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... WESTERN JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUREL...ELLISVILLE... * UNTIL 345 PM CST * AT 258 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF SANFORD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLLINS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SANFORD BY 315 PM CST... 6 MILES NORTH OF MOSELLE BY 330 PM CST... ELLISVILLE BY 340 PM CST... TUCKERS CROSSING AND LAUREL BY 345 PM CST... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL 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 3154 8981 3177 8909 3150 8909 3143 8964 TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 250DEG 35KT 3148 8966 $$ BYB
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KJAN 102132 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 332 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008 MSC031-065-067-102145- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080110T2145Z/ COVINGTON MS-JONES MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS- 332 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS...WESTERN JONES AND SOUTHERN COVINGTON COUNTIES... AT 332 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOSELLE... OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF ELLISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ELLISVILLE BY 340 PM CST... TUCKERS CROSSING AND LAUREL BY 345 PM CST... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3154 8981 3177 8909 3150 8909 3143 8964 TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 250DEG 35KT 3159 8929 $$ BYB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 10:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 45 min |
| Jan 10, 10:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 49 min |
| Jan 10, 10:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Yazoo | 62 min |
| Jan 10, 11:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 54 min |
| Jan 10, 11:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 64 min |
| Jan 10, 11:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 27 min |
| Jan 10, 11:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 66 min |
| Jan 10, 11:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 14 min |
| Jan 10, 11:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison | 64 min |
| Jan 10, 11:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 46 min |
| Jan 10, 11:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 53 min |
| Jan 10, 11:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 80 min |
| Jan 10, 12:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 54 min |
| Jan 10, 12:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 45 min |
| Jan 10, 12:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston | 49 min |
| Jan 10, 12:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 50 min |
| Jan 10, 12:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Jan 10, 12:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 55 min |
| Jan 10, 12:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott | 55 min |
| Jan 10, 12:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 47 min |
| Jan 10, 1:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 39 min |
| Jan 10, 1:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 42 min |
| Jan 10, 1:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds | 38 min |
| Jan 10, 1:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 53 min |
| Jan 10, 1:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 52 min |
| Jan 10, 1:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 39 min |
| Jan 10, 1:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Lamar, Marion | 44 min |
| Jan 10, 1:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 43 min |
| Jan 10, 1:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 38 min |
| Jan 10, 1:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 62 min |
| Jan 10, 1:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 54 min |
| Jan 10, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 50 min |
| Jan 10, 1:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 46 min |
| Jan 10, 2:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 22 min |
| Jan 10, 2:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 35 min |
| Jan 10, 2:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 48 min |
| Jan 10, 2:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 43 min |
| Jan 10, 2:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 36 min |
| Jan 10, 2:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 35 min |
| Jan 10, 2:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 46 min |
| Jan 10, 2:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 26 min |
| Jan 10, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 15 min |
| Jan 10, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 42 min |
| Jan 10, 3:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 2 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 2 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 45 min |
| Jan 10, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 40 min |
| Jan 10, 4:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 25 min |
| Jan 10, 4:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 20 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.