Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 77, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 17, 2008, 6:36 AM CST for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 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 17, 2008, 6:36 AM CST (12:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 7:18 AM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Clarke County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:39 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 17, 6:53 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Quitman, MS | A TREE AND A POWER LINE WERE BLOWN DOWN. |
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 17, 2:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 171235
TORJAN
MSC023-171330-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0077.080217T1236Z-080217T1330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
636 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF QUITMAN...
* UNTIL 730 AM CST
* AT 636 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO NEAR GOODWATER...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUITMAN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DE SOTO AND QUITMAN BY 650 AM CST...
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRANDALL BY 655 AM CST...
SYKES AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETON BY 700 AM CST...
SNELL BY 710 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 3183 8890 3200 8891 3223 8864 3223 8843
3188 8848 3185 8866
TIME...MOT...LOC 1236Z 229DEG 48KT 3187 8885
$$
CME3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 171246
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
646 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
MSC023-171330-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-080217T1330Z/
CLARKE MS-
646 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CST FOR CLARKE
COUNTY...
AT 646 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF SHUBUTA...OR
ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DE SOTO BY 655 AM CST...
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUITMAN BY 700 AM CST...
CRANDALL AND SYKES BY 705 AM CST...
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SNELL BY 715 AM CST...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3185 8885 3205 8882 3223 8864 3223 8843
3188 8848 3185 8866
TIME...MOT...LOC 1246Z 229DEG 48KT 3185 8877
$$
CME000
WWUS54 KJAN 171305
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
705 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
MSC023-171330-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-080217T1330Z/
CLARKE MS-
705 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CST FOR EASTERN
CLARKE COUNTY...
AT 705 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CRANDALL...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
EAST OF QUITMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SNELL BY 710 AM CST...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING 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 3223 8864 3223 8843 3204 8846 3203 8847
3202 8846 3188 8848 3185 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1305Z 230DEG 53KT 3205 8851
$$
CME000
WWUS54 KJAN 171318
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
718 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
MSC023-171328-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-080217T1330Z/
CLARKE MS-
718 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3223 8864 3223 8843 3204 8846 3203 8847
3202 8846 3188 8848 3185 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1318Z 230DEG 53KT 3217 8833
$$
CMEThe 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, 6:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 22 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.