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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 12, 2008, 2:24 PM CST for Kemper County, Noxubee County, Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min. 2 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 12, 2008, 2:24 PM CST (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2008, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kemper County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Winston County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 12, 2:42 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Shuqualak, MS | A FEW LARGE LIMBS DOWN ALONG WITH ONE TREE. |
| Feb 12, 2:42 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Shuqualak, MS | PENNY SIZE HAIL FOR A FEW MINUTES IN THE TOWN OF SHUQUALAK. |
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 12, 12:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 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 122024 RRA TORJAN MSC069-103-159-122115- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0071.080212T2024Z-080212T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 224 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRESTON... NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 315 PM CST * AT 224 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A TORNADO NEAR GHOLSON...OR ABOUT NEAR PRESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MASHULAVILLE BY 235 PM CST... MACON BY 250 PM CST... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROOKSVILLE BY 255 PM CST... DEERBROOK AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRAIRIE POINT BY 300 PM CST... BIGBEE VALLEY BY 310 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 3283 8835 3285 8891 3328 8879 3328 8831 TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 219DEG 36KT 3292 8875 $$ 7
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KJAN 122106
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
306 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
MSC159-122116-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-080212T2115Z/
WINSTON MS-
306 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3328 8831 3318 8833 3316 8832 3284 8835
3285 8863 3327 8858 3327 8854 3329 8852
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 219DEG 36KT 3325 8843
$$
MSC069-103-122115-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-080212T2115Z/
KEMPER MS-NOXUBEE MS-
306 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR EASTERN
NOXUBEE AND NORTHEASTERN KEMPER COUNTIES...
AT 306 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DEERBROOK...OR ABOUT 18
MILES NORTHWEST OF ALICEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 8831 3318 8833 3316 8832 3284 8835
3285 8863 3327 8858 3327 8854 3329 8852
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 219DEG 36KT 3325 8843
$$
7The 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, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 35 min |
| Feb 12, 2:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.