Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 69, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 12, 2008, 2:15 PM CST for Lamar County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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 12, 2008, 2:15 PM CST (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2008, 2:50 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lamar County, MS, Marion County, MS
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 12, 10:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 122015 TORJAN MSC073-091-122100- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0069.080212T2015Z-080212T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 215 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 300 PM CST * AT 215 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINEBUR...OR ABOUT NEAR SANDY HOOK... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PINEBUR BY 220 PM CST... BAXTERVILLE BY 225 PM CST... PURVIS BY 240 PM 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 3112 8981 3132 8935 3103 8935 3100 8979 TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 245DEG 44KT 3104 8974 $$ 40
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 122028
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
228 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
MSC091-122038-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-080212T2100Z/
MARION MS-
228 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3120 8963 3122 8961 3122 8958 3123 8957
3124 8954 3132 8935 3103 8936 3101 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 245DEG 44KT 3111 8957
$$
MSC073-122100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-080212T2100Z/
LAMAR MS-
228 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
LAMAR COUNTY...
AT 228 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BAXTERVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PURVIS BY 240 PM 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 3120 8963 3122 8961 3122 8958 3123 8957
3124 8954 3132 8935 3103 8936 3101 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 245DEG 44KT 3111 8957
$$
40000
WWUS54 KJAN 122050 RRA
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
249 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
MSC073-122059-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-080212T2100Z/
LAMAR MS-
249 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD MOVED
EAST OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3120 8963 3122 8961 3122 8958 3123 8957
3124 8954 3132 8935 3103 8936 3101 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 245DEG 44KT 3122 8930
$$
40The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 9:15 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 35 hr |
| Feb 12, 11:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 51 min |
| Feb 12, 12:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 43 min |
| Feb 12, 12:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Warren | 51 min |
| Feb 12, 12:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Yazoo | 56 min |
| Feb 12, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 49 min |
| Feb 12, 12:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 41 min |
| Feb 12, 12:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott, Simpson and 1 more | 72 min |
| Feb 12, 12:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 55 min |
| Feb 12, 12:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 51 min |
| Feb 12, 12:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 34 min |
| Feb 12, 1:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 45 min |
| Feb 12, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 38 min |
| Feb 12, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 49 min |
| Feb 12, 1:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion | 38 min |
| Feb 12, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 49 min |
| Feb 12, 1:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith | 46 min |
| Feb 12, 1:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 65 min |
| Feb 12, 1:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 46 min |
| Feb 12, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones | 53 min |
| Feb 12, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 38 min |
| Feb 12, 1:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton | 76 min |
| Feb 12, 2:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 42 min |
| Feb 12, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 39 min |
| Feb 12, 2:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 40 min |
| Feb 12, 2:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 51 min |
| Feb 12, 2:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee, Winston | 51 min |
| Feb 12, 2:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones | 40 min |
| Feb 12, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 39 min |
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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.