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Tornado Warning 85, NWS Jackson, MS

March 3, 20084 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2008, 8:28 PM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min. 5 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, 8:28 PM CST (02:28 UTC)
Expired: Mar 3, 2008, 9:15 PM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Copiah County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Simpson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 3, 8:48 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	New Hebron, MS	A COUPLE OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN, 1 ON A HOUSE.
Mar 3, 8:57 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	6 E Shivers, MS	TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS HWY 13, S OF HWY 28.
Mar 3, 9:00 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Mendenhall, MS	REPORT OF ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOUSE ALONG HWY 13 AND PEACOCK ROAD.
Mar 3, 9:00 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Magee, MS	A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN OFF AIRPORT RD.
Mar 3, 9:00 PM CST	TORNADO 1	3 S Mendenhall, MS	A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 3 MILES SOUTH OF MENDENHALL. PATH LENGTH WAS ONE HALF MILE WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 75 YARDS. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WAS 100 MPH.

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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 040228
TORJAN
MSC029-065-077-127-040315-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0085.080304T0228Z-080304T0315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PINOLA...MENDENHALL...MAGEE...
  NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 915 PM CST

* AT 828 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  SONTAG...OR 13 MILES EAST OF BROOKHAVEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WANILLA AND SONTAG BY 835 PM CST...
  OMA BY 840 PM CST...
  HEBRON BY 850 PM CST...
  SHIVERS BY 855 PM CST...
  PINOLA BY 900 PM CST...
  MENDENHALL BY 910 PM CST...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 3149 9026 3170 9025 3205 9000 3196 8966
      3193 8966 3147 9022
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 216DEG 44KT 3156 9021

$$

BYB

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 040246
SVSJAN

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

MSC029-040255-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-080304T0315Z/
COPIAH MS-
845 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COPIAH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3165 9001 3174 9013 3204 8997 3196 8966
      3193 8966
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 221DEG 51KT 3174 9000

$$

MSC065-077-127-040315-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-080304T0315Z/
LAWRENCE MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-SIMPSON MS-
845 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CST FOR
SIMPSON...NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS AND NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE
COUNTIES...

AT 845 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW HEBRON...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF PINOLA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SHIVERS BY 850 PM CST...
  PINOLA BY 855 PM CST...
  SANATORIUM AND MENDENHALL 900 PM CST...
  MARTINVILLE BY 905 PM CST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL 
UP TO THE SIZE OF ONE INCH AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3165 9001 3174 9013 3204 8997 3196 8966
      3193 8966
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 221DEG 51KT 3174 9000

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 6:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	48 min
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, 8:38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.