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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Jackson, MS

January 8, 2008Jasper County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 8, 2008, 6:43 PM CST for Jasper County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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: Jan 8, 2008, 6:43 PM CST (00:43 UTC)
Expired: Jan 8, 2008, 7:30 PM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jasper County, MS, Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 8, 6:43 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Raleigh, MS	SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

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
Jan 8, 6:36 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 76 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: 1097 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 259 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.0
Supercell composite: 6.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 090043
TORJAN
MSC061-129-090130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0004.080109T0043Z-080109T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
643 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 730 PM CST

* AT 643 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 
TORNADO NEAR RALEIGH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF PINEVILLE BY 655 PM CST...
  6 MILES NORTH OF BAY SPRINGS BY 705 PM CST...
  TURNERVILLE BY 715 PM CST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER 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 3223 8915 3200 8906 3192 8959 3210 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 257DEG 26KT 3203 8950

$$

MRM

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 090110
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
708 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

MSC129-090118-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080109T0130Z/
SMITH MS-
708 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3219 8932 3223 8915 3203 8907 3202 8907
      3201 8906 3200 8909 3199 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 254DEG 32KT 3208 8928

$$

MSC061-090130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080109T0130Z/
JASPER MS-
708 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY...

AT 708 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOUIN. ...MOVING EAST AT 
35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTROSE AND TURNERVILLE BY 715 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 3219 8932 3223 8915 3203 8907 3202 8907
      3201 8906 3200 8909 3199 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 254DEG 32KT 3208 8928

$$

MRM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 8, 6:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Oktibbeha	30 min
Jan 8, 6:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Madison	44 min
Jan 8, 6:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson, Smith	36 min
Jan 8, 6:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	39 min
Jan 8, 6:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes	32 min
Jan 8, 7:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	50 min
Jan 8, 7:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee, Winston	47 min
Jan 8, 7:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	46 min
Jan 8, 7:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	46 min
Jan 8, 8:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Smith	41 min
Jan 8, 8:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	41 min
Jan 8, 8:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	38 min
Jan 8, 8:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton	34 min
Jan 8, 9:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.