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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2008, 2:46 AM CST for Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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, 2:46 AM CST (08:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 3:30 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Noxubee County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 060846
TORJAN
MSC103-060930-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0059.080206T0846Z-080206T0930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
246 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 330 AM CST
* AT 246 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO NEAR GHOLSON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRESTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MACON BY 300 AM CST...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROOKSVILLE BY 305 AM CST...
DEERBROOK AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRAIRIE POINT BY 310 AM CST...
BIGBEE VALLEY BY 315 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 3293 8846 3293 8882 3330 8859 3329 8856
3328 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0846Z 222DEG 47KT 3298 8871
$$
GARRETT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KJAN 060909
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
310 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
MSC103-060930-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080206T0930Z/
NOXUBEE MS-
310 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN NOXUBEE COUNTY...
AT 310 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PRAIRIE POINT...OR ABOUT 16
MILES WEST OF ALICEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BIGBEE VALLEY BY 315 AM CST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3328 8830 3324 8831 3323 8833 3321 8834
3316 8834 3313 8837 3313 8852 3329 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0910Z 229DEG 53KT 3320 8838
$$
GARRETTThe 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, 2:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 47 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.