Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 87, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2008, 9:11 PM CST for Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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, 9:11 PM CST (03:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2008, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 9:15 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Se Magee, MS | WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 60 MPH A FEW MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAGEE. |
| Mar 3, 9:24 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Raleigh, MS | TREES DOWN IN THE VICINITY OF RALEIGH. |
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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 040310 TORJAN MSC127-129-040345- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0087.080304T0311Z-080304T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 911 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MAGEE... SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 945 PM CST * AT 911 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MAGEE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITE OAK BY 915 PM CST... RALEIGH BY 920 PM CST... BURNS BY 925 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 3224 8951 3205 8932 3178 8970 3197 8985 TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 227DEG 52KT 3194 8968 $$ GARRETT
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 040322
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
921 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008
MSC127-129-040345-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-080304T0345Z/
SMITH MS-SIMPSON MS-
921 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR EASTERN
SIMPSON AND SMITH COUNTIES...
AT 921 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RALEIGH...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAGEE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3203 8977 3224 8951 3215 8943 3205 8932
3178 8970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 227DEG 52KT 3204 8955
$$
GARRETT000
WWUS54 KJAN 040334
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
934 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008
MSC127-040344-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-080304T0345Z/
SIMPSON MS-
934 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3182 8965 3210 8966 3224 8951 3209 8936
3208 8936 3205 8933 3204 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 227DEG 52KT 3212 8941
$$
MSC129-040345-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-080304T0345Z/
SMITH MS-
934 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR SMITH
COUNTY...
AT 934 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RALEIGH...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF
STRINGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3182 8965 3210 8966 3224 8951 3209 8936
3208 8936 3205 8933 3204 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 227DEG 52KT 3212 8941
$$
GARRETTThe 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, 8:28 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, 9:12 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.