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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2008, 1:25 AM CST for Attala County, Leake County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min. 3 reports 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, 1:25 AM CST (07:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Attala County, MS, Leake County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 1:25 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Singleton, MS | TREES DOWN NEAR THE SINGLETON COMMUNITY. RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THIS AREA. |
| Feb 6, 1:25 AM CST | TORNADO 1 | 10 Nnw Carthage, MS | SEVERAL LARGE PINES UPROOTED NEAR MINSHEW ROAD...NEAR SINGLETON COMMUNITY. OTHER SMALLER TREES SNAPPED IN CONVERGENT PATH. MAXIMUM WIND ESTIMATED AT 90 MPH. PATH LENGTH 1 MILE AND WIDTH 50 YARDS. |
| Feb 6, 1:40 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Ese Kosciusko, MS | FEW AREAS OF TREES AND LIMBS DOWN ALONG HIGHWAYS 19 AND 14. ONE POWER POLE SNAPPED. |
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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 060725 TORJAN MSC007-079-060800- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0053.080206T0725Z-080206T0800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 125 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHERN LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARTHAGE... * UNTIL 200 AM CST * AT 125 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A TORNADO NEAR SINGLETON...OR ABOUT NEAR CARTHAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RENFROE BY 130 AM CST... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SMYRNA BY 135 AM CST... ZAMA BY 140 AM CST... 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 3323 8930 3286 8932 3270 8954 3282 8971 TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 230DEG 41KT 3284 8952 $$ GARRETT
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, 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, 1:40 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.