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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Jackson, MS
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 5:17 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Ese Cary, MS | BRIEF TORNADO TOUCH DOWN JUST ESE OF CARY. |
| Mar 3, 5:27 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Se Rolling Fork, MS | SEVERAL 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.
| 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, 11.3 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.
- 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 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 $$ BANNAN
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KJAN 032324
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
523 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008
MSC125-163-040000-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-080304T0000Z/
SHARKEY MS-YAZOO MS-
523 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL YAZOO AND SHARKEY COUNTIES...
AT 523 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A RAIN WRAPPED
TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARY. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF HOLLY BLUFF...OR 8 MILES SOUTH
OF ROLLING FORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL EASTERN SHARKEY COUNTY AT 540 PM CST
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3292 9089 3310 9066 3302 9065 3302 9066
3300 9065 3268 9062 3268 9090
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 225DEG 44KT 3283 9080
$$
BANNANThe 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, 4:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.