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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2008, 1:22 AM CST for Clay County, Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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, 1:22 AM CST (07:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 1:45 AM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, MS, Lowndes County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:21 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 771 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 060722
TORJAN
MSC025-087-060745-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0052.080206T0722Z-080206T0745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
122 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS AFB...
* UNTIL 145 AM CST
* AT 122 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS AFB...OR ABOUT NEAR WEST
POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL PASS JUST NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS AIRFORCE BASE.
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 3369 8835 3356 8855 3360 8863 3368 8856
3368 8851 3367 8850 3367 8848 3369 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0722Z 229DEG 44KT 3363 8852
$$
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, 12:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 21 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, 1:25 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.