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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 12, 2008, 2:35 PM CST for Covington County, Forrest County, Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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, 2:35 PM CST (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2008, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Jones County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2:50 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Ovett, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND OVETT. |
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, 10:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 122036 TORJAN MSC031-035-067-122115- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0072.080212T2035Z-080212T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 235 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHWESTERN FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELLISVILLE... * UNTIL 315 PM CST * AT 235 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A TORNADO NEAR MOSELLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF PETAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MOSELLE BY 240 PM CST... ELLISVILLE BY 250 PM CST... 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF OVETT BY 255 PM CST... TUCKERS CROSSING BY 300 PM CST... MILL CREEK BY 315 PM CST... 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 3176 8894 3147 8894 3141 8937 3156 8943 TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 236DEG 33KT 3147 8931 $$ 7
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 122050
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
249 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
MSC035-122059-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080212T2115Z/
FORREST MS-
249 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FORREST COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3144 8933 3164 8924 3176 8894 3159 8894
3156 8895 3155 8894 3147 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 236DEG 33KT 3159 8906
$$
MSC067-122115-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080212T2115Z/
JONES MS-
249 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
JONES COUNTY...
AT 249 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TUCKERS CROSSING...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF
ELLISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MILL CREEK BY 305 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 3144 8933 3164 8924 3176 8894 3159 8894
3156 8895 3155 8894 3147 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 236DEG 33KT 3159 8906
$$
LDM000
WWUS54 KJAN 122112
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
312 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
MSC067-122122-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080212T2115Z/
JONES MS-
312 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3144 8933 3164 8924 3176 8894 3159 8894
3156 8895 3155 8894 3147 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 236DEG 33KT 3171 8885
$$
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, 2:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee, Winston | 51 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.