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Tornado Warning 89, NWS Jackson, MS

March 3, 20084 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2008, 9:30 PM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min. 10 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, 9:30 PM CST (03:30 UTC)
Expired: Mar 3, 2008, 10:15 PM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jasper County, MS, Newton County, MS, Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 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, 9:30 PM CST	TORNADO 1	5 E Homewood, MS	A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF HOMEWOOD. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 2 MILES. PATH WIDTH WAS 100 YARDS. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WAS 95 MPH.
Mar 3, 9:43 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Lake, MS	A FEW TREES FELL ON STEVE LEE DRIVE IN THE TOWN OF LAKE. A MOBILE HOME WAS ROLLED OVER AND A SMALL SHOP WAS DESTROYED. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Mar 3, 9:45 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	10 Se Forest, MS	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 501 IN SOUTHEAST SCOTT COUNTY...ABOUT HALF A MILE NORTH OF THE SMITH COUNTY LINE. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Mar 3, 9:45 PM CST	TORNADO 1	2 Ssw Lake, MS	A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2.5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LAKE. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 4.5 MILES. PATH WIDTH WAS 175 YARDS. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WAS 100 MPH.
Mar 3, 9:45 PM CST	TORNADO 1	5 E Homewood, MS	TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY FROM 4 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF HOMEWOOD TO 5.5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF HOMEWOOD ON HIGHWAY 501. PATH LENGTH 2 MILES. PATH WIDTH 100 YARDS. MAXIMUM WINDS 90 MPH.
Mar 3, 9:45 PM CST	TORNADO 1	5 Ese Homewood, MS	TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY FROM 4 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF HOMEWOOD TO 5.5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF HOMEWOOD ON HIGHWAY 501. PATH LENGTH 2 MILES. PATH WIDTH 100 YARDS. MAXIMUM WINDS 90 MPH.
Mar 3, 9:52 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Lake, MS	HEAVY DAMAGE IN LAKE, SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED, TREES DOWN, A GRAIN SILO BLOWN DOWN AND DESTROYED. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Mar 3, 9:55 PM CST	TORNADO 1	2 Ssw Lake, MS	TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN FROM 2.5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LAKE IN SOUTHEAST SCOTT COUNTY TO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE IN WESTERN NEWTON COUNTY. PATH LENGTH 4.5 MILES. PATH WIDTH 175 YARDS. MAXIMUM WINDS 100 MPH. NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED. ONE MOBILE HOME DESTROYED..
Mar 3, 9:57 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Decatur, MS	TREES DOWN ON STRATTON ROAD AND PINE BLUFF ROAD..
Mar 3, 9:57 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Newton, MS	TREES DOWN ON LAWRENCE BETHEL ROAD.

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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 040331
TORJAN
MSC061-101-123-129-040415-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0089.080304T0330Z-080304T0415Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CST

* AT 930 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PINEVILLE...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRINGER...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PINEVILLE BY 935 PM CST...
  ROBERTS BY 950 PM CST...
  NEWTON...LAWRENCE AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARLANDVILLE BY 955 PM
  CST...
  DECATUR AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STRATTON BY 1005 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 3204 8933 3223 8951 3259 8911 3231 8891
      3230 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 227DEG 48KT 3209 8947

$$

GARRETT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 040335
SVSJAN

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

MSC061-101-123-129-040415-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-080304T0415Z/
SMITH MS-JASPER MS-NEWTON MS-SCOTT MS-
935 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT...NEWTON...NORTHWESTERN JASPER AND NORTHEASTERN
SMITH COUNTIES...

AT 935 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PINEVILLE...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
STRINGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTROSE BY 945 PM CST...
  ROBERTS BY 950 PM CST...
  GARLANDVILLE AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAWRENCE BY 955 PM CST...
  NEWTON BY 1000 PM CST...
  HICKORY AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DECATUR BY 1005 PM CST...
  CHUNKY BY 1010 PM CST...

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 3204 8933 3223 8951 3259 8911 3231 8891
      3230 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 227DEG 48KT 3207 8939

$$

GARRETT

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 040348
SVSJAN

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

MSC061-101-123-129-040415-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-080304T0415Z/
SMITH MS-JASPER MS-NEWTON MS-SCOTT MS-
948 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT...NEWTON...NORTHWESTERN JASPER AND NORTHEASTERN
SMITH COUNTIES...

AT 948 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTROSE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NEWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GARLANDVILLE AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAWRENCE BY 955 PM CST...
  NEWTON BY 1000 PM CST...
  HICKORY AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DECATUR BY 1005 PM CST...
  CHUNKY BY 1010 PM CST...

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 3227 8946 3258 8912 3258 8910 3231 8891
      3205 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 227DEG 48KT 3219 8924

$$

GARRETT

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, 8:28 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, 9:45 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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.