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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Jackson, MS

February 17, 2008Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 17, 2008, 6:16 AM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 22 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 17, 2008, 6:16 AM CST (12:16 UTC)
Expired: Feb 17, 2008, 6:38 AM CST
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Jones County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:17 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 17, 2:45 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 171216
TORJAN
MSC067-171245-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0076.080217T1216Z-080217T1245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
616 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAUREL...

* UNTIL 645 AM CST

* AT 616 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADO NEAR LAUREL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MILL CREEK AND SANDERSVILLE BY 625 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 3172 8923 3183 8898 3183 8893 3164 8892
      3156 8913
TIME...MOT...LOC 1216Z 243DEG 44KT 3168 8908

$$

GARRETT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 171224
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
625 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

MSC067-171245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-080217T1245Z/
JONES MS-
625 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY...

AT 625 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILL CREEK...OR ABOUT 7
MILES EAST OF LAUREL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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 3175 8912 3183 8893 3164 8892 3163 8908
TIME...MOT...LOC 1225Z 243DEG 44KT 3175 8899

$$

GARRETT

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 171238
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
638 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

MSC067-171248-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-080217T1245Z/
JONES MS-
638 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3175 8912 3183 8893 3164 8892 3163 8908
TIME...MOT...LOC 1238Z 243DEG 44KT 3182 8882

$$

GARRETT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 17, 1:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	45 min
Feb 17, 1:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	50 min
Feb 17, 2:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson	62 min
Feb 17, 2:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Hinds	20 min
Feb 17, 3:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	46 min
Feb 17, 4:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	39 min
Feb 17, 4:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	51 min
Feb 17, 4:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	61 min
Feb 17, 5:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	47 min
Feb 17, 5:18 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	JAN	Bolivar, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington	9 hr
Feb 17, 5:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	40 min
Feb 17, 5:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	26 min
Feb 17, 5:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	42 min
Feb 17, 6:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	14 min
Feb 17, 6:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	28 min
Feb 17, 6:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	23 min
Feb 17, 6:36 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.