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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Jackson, MS

March 3, 2008Sharkey County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2008, 5:17 PM CST for Sharkey County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
Mar 3, 2008, 5:17 PM CST (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Sharkey County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 3, 5:17 PM CSTTORNADO4 Ese Cary, MSBRIEF TORNADO TOUCH DOWN JUST ESE OF CARY.
Mar 3, 5:27 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG6 Se Rolling Fork, MSSEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG HWY 16 BETWEEN ROLLING FORK AND HOLLY BLUFF. LIKELY TORNADO.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 3, 2:25 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2008-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2008-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 032316
TORJAN
MSC125-163-040000-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0080.080303T2317Z-080304T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
517 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ROLLING FORK...

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 517 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ONWARD...OR
  9 MILES NORTH OF VALLEY PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLLY BLUFF AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROLLING FORK BY 530 PM CST...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANGUILLA BY 535 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 3310 9066 3268 9062 3268 9095 3290 9094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 222DEG 34KT 3277 9088

$$

BANNAN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 032324
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
523 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

MSC125-163-040000-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-080304T0000Z/
SHARKEY MS-YAZOO MS-
523 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL YAZOO AND SHARKEY COUNTIES...

AT 523 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A RAIN WRAPPED 
TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARY.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF HOLLY BLUFF...OR 8 MILES SOUTH 
OF ROLLING FORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN SHARKEY COUNTY AT 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 3292 9089 3310 9066 3302 9065 3302 9066
      3300 9065 3268 9062 3268 9090
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 225DEG 44KT 3283 9080

$$

BANNAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 4:03 PM CSTTornado WarningJANFranklin, Lawrence, Lincoln57 min
Mar 3, 4:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Warren50 min
Mar 3, 4:58 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson34 min
Mar 3, 5:33 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo57 min
Mar 3, 5:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion49 min

Nearby

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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.