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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Jackson, MS
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 10:01 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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
$$
EEC1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KJAN 060705
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
104 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
MSC105-060715-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080206T0715Z/
OKTIBBEHA MS-
104 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY...
AT 104 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF STARKVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3356 8881 3356 8867 3343 8867 3340 8876
3344 8883
TIME...MOT...LOC 0704Z 223DEG 47KT 3349 8872
$$
EECThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 9:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 10:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 51 min |
| Feb 5, 11:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 26 min |
| Feb 5, 11:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore | 32 min |
| Feb 5, 11:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery | 40 min |
| Feb 5, 11:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 12:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 59 min |
| Feb 6, 12:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 52 min |
| Feb 6, 12:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 40 min |
| Feb 6, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 12:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds | 20 min |
| Feb 6, 1:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay | 19 min |
| Feb 6, 1:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 42 min |
| Feb 6, 1:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 1:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 1:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Winston | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 1:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 1:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 2:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 45 min |
| Feb 6, 2:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 36 min |
| Feb 6, 2:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 47 min |
| Feb 6, 2:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 44 min |
| Feb 6, 3:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Winston | 29 min |
| Feb 6, 3:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 3:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 4:36 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 1 more | 13 hr |
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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.