Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 2008
Tornado Watch 880
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Sep 1, 2008, 11:41 PM CDT for 21 parishes in Louisiana; 31 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2008, 11:41 PM CDT (04:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2008, 6:36 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 0.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 52 counties
Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:44 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 5%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 5%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 5%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 20%
Warnings issued inside it
23 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 12:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 12:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 44 min |
| Sep 2, 12:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 12:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 12:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 44 min |
| Sep 2, 12:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 31 min |
| Sep 2, 12:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 21 min |
| Sep 2, 1:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 1:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 23 min |
| Sep 2, 1:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 47 min |
| Sep 2, 2:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 2:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones, Smith | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 3:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 28 min |
| Sep 2, 3:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Livingston, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington | 52 min |
| Sep 2, 3:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 46 min |
| Sep 2, 3:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 3:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 47 min |
| Sep 2, 4:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones, Smith | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 4:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 27 min |
| Sep 2, 4:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 62 min |
| Sep 2, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 39 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 11:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, East Carroll and 23 more | 59 min |
| Sep 2, 3:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa and 1 more | 93 min |
| Sep 2, 6:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 9 more | 56 min |
| Sep 2, 6:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 16 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 16 more | 64 min |
| Sep 2, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tunica | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tunica | 2 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 2008Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 2008Every tornado watch in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.