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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Jackson, MS

February 5, 2008Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2008, 4:58 PM CST for Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 19 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: Feb 5, 2008, 4:58 PM CST (22:58 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2008, 5:17 PM CST
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bolivar County, MS, Sunflower County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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
Feb 5, 5:02 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Duncan, MS	HIGHWAY SIGN SNAPPED ALONG HWY 61 AND LARGE LIMB BLOWN ONTO A GARAGE. STRAIGHT LINE WIND ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH.

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
Feb 5, 3:09 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 654 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 250 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 3.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 052258
TORJAN
MSC011-133-052345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0041.080205T2258Z-080205T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
458 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHELBY...
  NORTHWEST SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 458 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF MOUND BAYOU...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  SHELBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUNCAN BY 505 PM CST...
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALLIGATOR BY 510 PM CST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3412 9063 3401 9063 3400 9056 3398 9055
      3388 9067 3383 9075 3381 9091 3391 9095
      3412 9074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 232DEG 48KT 3390 9078

$$

EEC

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 052305
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
505 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

MSC011-133-052345-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080205T2345Z/
BOLIVAR MS-SUNFLOWER MS-
505 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
SUNFLOWER AND NORTHEASTERN BOLIVAR COUNTIES...

AT 505 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHELBY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALLIGATOR BY 510 PM CST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3412 9063 3401 9063 3400 9056 3398 9055
      3392 9067 3390 9082 3399 9084 3412 9074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 227DEG 48KT 3398 9072

$$

EEC

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 052317
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
516 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

MSC011-133-052326-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080205T2345Z/
BOLIVAR MS-SUNFLOWER MS-
516 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN SUNFLOWER AND NORTHEASTERN
BOLIVAR COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE STORM AND TORNADO HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3412 9063 3401 9063 3400 9056 3398 9055
      3392 9067 3390 9082 3399 9084 3412 9074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 227DEG 48KT 3408 9059

$$

EEC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 5, 2:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	38 min
Feb 5, 4:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	54 min
Feb 5, 4:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.