Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 79, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2008, 4:58 PM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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
- Mar 3, 2008, 4:58 PM CST (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2008, 5:32 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Copiah County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Simpson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2:25 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 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 032259
TORJAN
MSC029-077-085-127-032345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0079.080303T2258Z-080303T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
458 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 545 PM CST
* AT 458 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
ENTERPRISE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROOKHAVEN...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.
THE STORM HAS ALREADY BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SONTAG BY 520 PM CST...
WANILLA BY 525 PM CST...
OMA BY 530 PM CST...
ROCKPORT BY 535 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 3152 9049 3190 9017 3177 8995 3176 8998
3171 8998 3140 9033
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 222DEG 30KT 3153 9034
$$
BYB2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 032315
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
514 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008
MSC029-077-085-127-032345-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080303T2345Z/
LINCOLN MS-LAWRENCE MS-SIMPSON MS-COPIAH MS-
514 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN COPIAH...SOUTHWESTERN SIMPSON...NORTHERN LAWRENCE AND
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...
AT 514 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SONTAG...OR 11 MILES EAST OF BROOKHAVEN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE STORM HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE IN AMITE COUNTY EARLIER
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SONTAG BY 520 PM CST...
WANILLA BY 525 PM CST...
OMA BY 530 PM CST...
ROCKPORT BY 535 PM CST...
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW HEBRON BY 540 PM CST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3150 9021 3164 9039 3190 9017 3186 9012
3186 9011 3177 8995 3176 8998 3171 8998
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 222DEG 30KT 3163 9023
$$
BYB000
WWUS54 KJAN 032332
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
532 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008
MSC029-077-085-127-032342-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080303T2345Z/
LINCOLN MS-LAWRENCE MS-SIMPSON MS-COPIAH MS-
532 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COPIAH...SOUTHWESTERN
SIMPSON...NORTHERN LAWRENCE AND NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3150 9021 3164 9039 3190 9017 3186 9012
3186 9011 3177 8995 3176 8998 3171 8998
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 222DEG 30KT 3174 9011
$$
BYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 4:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Mar 3, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren | 50 min |
| Mar 3, 5:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Yazoo | 43 min |
| Mar 3, 5:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo | 57 min |
| Mar 3, 5:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 49 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.