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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Jackson, MS

February 6, 2008Clay County, Lowndes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2008, 2:28 AM CST for Clay County, Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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, 2:28 AM CST (08:28 UTC)
Expired: Feb 6, 2008, 3:15 AM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, MS, Lowndes County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 060828
TORJAN
MSC025-087-060915-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0058.080206T0828Z-080206T0915Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS AFB...COLUMBUS...

* UNTIL 315 AM CST

* AT 228 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRAWFORD...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF STARKVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TIBBEE AND BENT OAK BY 235 AM CST...
  WAVERLY AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS BY 245 AM CST...
  KOLOLA SPRINGS...COLUMBUS AFB AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF STEENS BY
  250 AM CST...
  CALEDONIA BY 255 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 3374 8823 3359 8825 3329 8860 3330 8867
      3357 8866 3369 8852 3367 8850 3369 8841
      3376 8831 3376 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 0828Z 230DEG 53KT 3342 8871

$$

GARRETT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Feb 5, 9:12 PM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 9:12 PM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
912 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

.UPDATE...TWEAKED THE HOURLY VALUES. WINDS AND CLOUDS WILL KEEP THE
AREA IN THE LOWER AND MID 70S FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. WILL LIKELY
ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY/LAKE ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. THE
SQUALL HAS BEEN TO SLOW TO MOVE INTO THE CWA AND FEWER SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE LINE THAN EXPECTED. MORE
ACTIVITY WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES...WHERE THE BETTER
INSTABILITY WAS...BUT THE BETTER SHEAR AND FORCING REMAIN OVER THE
NORTHWEST. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN A SHORT BREAK IN THE
ACTIVITY...WILL NOT MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECAST AT THIS
POINT. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES
EAST INTO THE CWA.

&&

.AVIATION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO GLH WITHIN THE NEXT
HOUR...STORMS TO THE WEST WERE PRODUCING WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH.
THE LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST. TSRA WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OR
GREATER WILL APPROACH GWO AROUND 5Z...JAN 6Z...GTR 8Z...MEI/HBG 10Z.
HAIL WILL BE LIKELY AS THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH ALSO. HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 3SM BRIEFLY. IN
ADDITION...CEILINGS WILL LIKELY FALL TO 1000FT OR LESS BRIEFLY AS
THE RAIN MOVES IN. OTHERWISE...HEIGHTS SHOULD BE AROUND 2500FT AT
MOST LOCATIONS. THE CURRENT FORECAST SEEMS TO HAVE A HANDLE ON THE EXPECTED
CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       58  61  32  60 / 100  19   0  11
MERIDIAN      60  63  32  61 / 100  49   0  12
VICKSBURG     56  59  32  62 /  99  10   0  11
HATTIESBURG   62  65  34  61 / 100  50   0  11
NATCHEZ       58  61  32  61 /  98  12   0  11
GREENVILLE    52  56  33  56 /  97   9   0  11
GREENWOOD     55  58  31  57 / 100  14   0  12

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR MSZ030>033-
     037>039-043>066-072>074.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR MSZ018-019-025>029-
     034>036-040>042.

LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR LAZ015-016-
     023>026.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR LAZ007>009.

AR...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR ARZ074-075.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 11:02 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1102 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
070515-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-
LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-
OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-
ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-
SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-
CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-
JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
1102 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY

DANGEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ALONG AND
EAST OF A SQUALL LINE THE REST OF TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE
MAIN RISK ALONG WITH A FEW TORNADOES...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM
INDIANOLA MISSISSIPPI TO LAKE PROVIDENCE TO WINNSBORO LOUISIANA.
LARGE HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH HAILSTONES TO GOLFBALL SIZE OR
LARGER.

THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OF THE
INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR BY 2 AM AND REACH EAST MISSISSIPPI GENERALLY
BETWEEN 2 AND 5 AM.

THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WILL OCCUR WHERE BREAKS IN THE LINE OF STORMS
OCCUR OVER SOUTH...CENTRAL AND EAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE AREAS WILL
HAVE THE HIGHEST RISK OF TORNADO DEVELOPMENT FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT.

THE STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHOULD REACH
NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA BORDER AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. THE
LAST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL END BY AROUND 8 AM CST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY.
OTHERWISE...ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT MONDAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 5, 10:03 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1003 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0903 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GUNNISON                33.94N 90.95W
02/05/2008                   BOLIVAR            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN FROM GUNNISON
            TO DUNCAN.

&&

CME

Local storm report, Feb 6, 12:30 AM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1230 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1210 AM     HAIL             9 NE VICKSBURG          32.42N 90.76W
02/06/2008  E1.75 INCH       WARREN             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT OAK RIDGE ROAD.

&&

MME

Local storm report, Feb 6, 12:33 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1233 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1210 AM     TSTM WND DMG     6 E VICKSBURG           32.33N 90.77W
02/06/2008                   WARREN             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS LARGE TREES...POWER LINES AND TRANSFORMERS
            DOWNED IN EASTERN WARREN COUNTY.

&&

MME

Local storm report, Feb 6, 1:50 AM CST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
150 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0143 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNW TERRY             32.13N 90.31W
02/06/2008                   HINDS              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND LIMBS DOWN AT TERRY ROAD AND LEBANON PINE GROVE
            ROAD.

&&

JCULIN

Local storm report, Feb 6, 2:14 AM CST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
214 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0135 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N CRYSTAL SPRINGS     32.02N 90.36W
02/06/2008                   COPIAH             MS   AMATEUR RADIO

            LIMBS DOWN AND TREE ACROSS THE ROAD BLOCKING HWY 27 NORTH
            OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS.

&&

JCULIN

Local storm report, Feb 6, 2:23 AM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
223 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 AM     HAIL             FLORENCE                32.15N 90.13W
02/06/2008  M0.75 INCH       RANKIN             MS   PUBLIC

&&

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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, 2:00 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, 2:46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.