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Tornado Warning 83, NWS Jackson, MS

March 3, 2008Jefferson Davis County, Lawrence County, Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2008, 6:12 PM CST for Jefferson Davis County, Lawrence County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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
Mar 3, 2008, 6:12 PM CST (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2008, 7:00 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Marion County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 3, 6:38 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG3 E Oak Grove, MSA FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN W OF HWY 13S NEAR HWY 43. POSSIBLE 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 00:00Z on 2008-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 165 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2008-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
165 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
340 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 040014
TORJAN
MSC065-077-091-040100-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0083.080304T0012Z-080304T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOKOMO...

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 612 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR KOKOMO...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLLY SPRINGS AND MORGANTOWN BY 625 PM CST...
  GOSS AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OAK VALE BY 630 PM CST...
  SOCIETY HILL BY 635 PM CST...
  BUNKER HILL BY 640 PM CST...
  CARSON AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MELBA BY 650 PM CST...

THIS STORM IS CURRENTLY 15 MILES SOUTH OF ANOTHER TORNADIC
STORM WHOSE PATH IS NEARLY PARALLEL TO THIS ONE.

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 3120 9005 3131 9005 3132 9007 3134 9008
      3164 8978 3148 8957 3142 8966 3114 9000
      3115 9001
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 224DEG 37KT 3122 9005

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 6:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith33 min
Mar 3, 7:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln23 min
Mar 3, 7:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln63 min
Mar 3, 7:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln3 hr
Mar 3, 8:28 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson47 min
Mar 3, 8:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison, Rankin, Scott23 min
Mar 3, 8:56 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANRankin, Scott, Smith3 hr
Mar 3, 9:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith28 min
Mar 3, 9:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Rankin, Scott, Smith52 min
Mar 3, 9:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson, Smith34 min
Mar 3, 9:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion48 min
Mar 3, 9:18 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar, Marion27 min
Mar 3, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Smith50 min
Mar 3, 9:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Newton, Scott, Smith45 min
Mar 3, 9:45 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion30 min
Mar 3, 10:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton54 min
Mar 3, 10:14 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones31 min
Mar 3, 10:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar54 min
Mar 3, 10:27 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale48 min
Mar 3, 10:46 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Jones29 min
Mar 3, 10:53 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Lauderdale, Newton52 min
Mar 3, 10:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper49 min
Mar 3, 11:10 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke35 min
Mar 3, 11:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper31 min
Mar 3, 11:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke32 min
Mar 3, 11:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper25 min
Mar 3, 11:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest29 min
Mar 4, 9:59 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANNeshoba23 hr
Mar 4, 10:39 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANAttala, Holmes3 days

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.