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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Jackson, MS

February 6, 2008Claiborne County, Copiah County, Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2008, 12:59 AM CST for Claiborne County, Copiah County, Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 20 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 6, 2008, 12:59 AM CST (06:59 UTC)
Expired: Feb 6, 2008, 1:19 AM CST
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Hinds County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 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 6, 1:10 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	7 S Reganton, MS	LIMBS DOWN ALONG HWY 548 NEAR SHELBY ROAD

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, 10:01 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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: 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 060659
TORJAN
MSC021-029-049-060730-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0050.080206T0659Z-080206T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1259 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  EASTERN CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 130 AM CST

* AT 1259 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADO NEAR HERMANVILLE...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTH OF VICKSBURG...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCKY SPRINGS BY 105 AM CST...
  CARPENTER AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REGANTON BY 110 AM CST...
  UTICA BY 115 AM CST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING 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 3199 9099 3216 9079 3216 9078 3217 9076
      3218 9076 3229 9064 3209 9043 3187 9086
TIME...MOT...LOC 0659Z 235DEG 50KT 3197 9086

$$

CME

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 060719 RRA
SVSJAN

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

MSC021-029-049-060730-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-080206T0730Z/
CLAIBORNE MS-HINDS MS-COPIAH MS-
120 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COPIAH...SOUTHWESTERN HINDS
AND EASTERN CLAIBORNE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

LAT...LON 3199 9099 3216 9079 3216 9078 3217 9076
      3218 9076 3229 9064 3209 9043 3187 9086
TIME...MOT...LOC 0720Z 235DEG 50KT 3214 9058

$$

CME

The 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, 12:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	21 min
Feb 6, 12:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.