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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Jackson, MS

February 6, 2008Noxubee County, Oktibbeha County, Winston County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2008, 2:00 AM CST for Noxubee County, Oktibbeha County, Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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, 2:00 AM CST (08:00 UTC)
Expired: Feb 6, 2008, 2:45 AM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Winston County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 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, 2:25 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ssw Starkville, MS	TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES. POWER OUT TO 402 CUSTOMERS.
Feb 6, 2:30 AM CST	HAIL 0.5	4 E Starkville, MS	DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN THE CLAYTON VILLAGE COMMUNITY ALONG HWY 182.
Feb 6, 2:30 AM CST	HAIL 0.5	6 Se Starkville, MS	DIME SIZED HAIL IN THE SESSUMS COMMUNITY.

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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 060801
TORJAN
MSC103-105-159-060845-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0056.080206T0800Z-080206T0845Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE...
  OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STARKVILLE...

* UNTIL 245 AM CST

* AT 200 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BETHEDEN BY 215 AM CST...
  CRAIG SPRINGS BY 220 AM CST...
  OKTOC BY 225 AM CST...
  STARKVILLE BY 230 AM CST...
  SESSUMS BY 235 AM CST...
  MULDROW BY 240 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 3357 8865 3343 8866 3341 8867 3325 8866
      3307 8908 3340 8908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0800Z 230DEG 46KT 3315 8913

$$

GARRETT

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 060819
SVSJAN

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

MSC103-159-060830-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080206T0845Z/
NOXUBEE MS-WINSTON MS-
220 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WINSTON AND NORTHWESTERN
NOXUBEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3350 8867 3348 8866 3341 8867 3329 8867
      3329 8907 3340 8897 3356 8867
TIME...MOT...LOC 0820Z 231DEG 53KT 3335 8883

$$

MSC105-060845-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080206T0845Z/
OKTIBBEHA MS-
220 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY...

AT 220 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CRAIG SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 10
MILES SOUTH OF STARKVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  STARKVILLE BY 225 AM CST...
  SESSUMS BY 230 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 3350 8867 3348 8866 3341 8867 3329 8867
      3329 8907 3340 8897 3356 8867
TIME...MOT...LOC 0820Z 231DEG 53KT 3335 8883

$$

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, 1:25 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, 2:09 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.