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Tornado Warning 83, NWS Jackson, MS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 6:38 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Oak Grove, MS | A 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2:25 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 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.
- 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
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
$$
BYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 6:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 7:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 7:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 63 min |
| Mar 3, 7:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 8:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 8:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin, Scott | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 8:56 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith | 28 min |
| Mar 3, 9:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Rankin, Scott, Smith | 52 min |
| Mar 3, 9:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 34 min |
| Mar 3, 9:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 9:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 9:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Smith | 50 min |
| Mar 3, 9:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | 45 min |
| Mar 3, 9:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 10:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton | 54 min |
| Mar 3, 10:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 10:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 54 min |
| Mar 3, 10:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 10:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Jones | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 10:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 52 min |
| Mar 3, 10:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 49 min |
| Mar 3, 11:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 35 min |
| Mar 3, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 11:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 11:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 25 min |
| Mar 3, 11:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 29 min |
| Mar 4, 9:59 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 23 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 3 days |
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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.