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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Jackson, MS

February 6, 2008Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2008, 12:54 AM CST for Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 21 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
Feb 6, 2008, 12:54 AM CST (06:54 UTC)
Expired
Feb 6, 2008, 1:15 AM CST
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Oktibbeha County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 5, 10:01 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 00:00Z on 2008-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 926 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 00:00Z on 2008-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 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
926 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 060654
TORJAN
MSC105-060715-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0049.080206T0654Z-080206T0715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1254 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STARKVILLE...

* UNTIL 115 AM CST

* AT 1254 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADO NEAR LONGVIEW...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STARKVILLE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SESSUMS BY 100 AM CST...
  MULDROW BY 105 AM CST...

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 3356 8887 3356 8867 3342 8866 3337 8873
      3329 8884 3336 8897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0654Z 223DEG 47KT 3340 8883

$$

EEC
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 060705
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
104 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

MSC105-060715-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080206T0715Z/
OKTIBBEHA MS-
104 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY...

AT 104 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF STARKVILLE... 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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 3356 8881 3356 8867 3343 8867 3340 8876
      3344 8883
TIME...MOT...LOC 0704Z 223DEG 47KT 3349 8872

$$

EEC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 9:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar44 min
Feb 5, 10:39 PM CSTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey51 min
Feb 5, 11:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower26 min
Feb 5, 11:28 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore32 min
Feb 5, 11:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery40 min
Feb 5, 11:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Warren39 min
Feb 6, 12:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo59 min
Feb 6, 12:38 AM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison, Yazoo52 min
Feb 6, 12:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson40 min
Feb 6, 12:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds33 min
Feb 6, 12:59 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Hinds20 min
Feb 6, 1:11 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClay19 min
Feb 6, 1:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin42 min
Feb 6, 1:22 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClay, Lowndes23 min
Feb 6, 1:25 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Leake35 min
Feb 6, 1:40 AM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Winston35 min
Feb 6, 1:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee28 min
Feb 6, 1:51 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee24 min
Feb 6, 2:00 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston45 min
Feb 6, 2:09 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Neshoba36 min
Feb 6, 2:28 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClay, Lowndes47 min
Feb 6, 2:46 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee44 min
Feb 6, 3:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba, Winston29 min
Feb 6, 3:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee33 min
Feb 6, 3:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke27 min
Feb 6, 4:36 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJANBolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 1 more13 hr

Nearby

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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.