Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 6, 2009, 9:24 AM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2009, 9:24 AM CST (15:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2009, 10:15 AM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Covington County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Marion County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 410 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 061524 TORJAN MSC031-065-077-091-061615- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0003.090106T1524Z-090106T1615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 924 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLLINS... * UNTIL 1015 AM CST * AT 924 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MORGANTOWN...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF KOKOMO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CARSON AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRENTISS BY 935 AM CST... LONE STAR BY 940 AM CST... 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLEM BY 945 AM CST... COLLINS BY 950 AM 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 3176 8983 3163 8943 3128 8991 3141 9006 TIME...MOT...LOC 1524Z 224DEG 52KT 3142 8990 $$ 7
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 061536
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
936 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009
MSC077-091-061545-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090106T1615Z/
MARION MS-LAWRENCE MS-
935 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE AND NORTHWESTERN
MARION COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3145 8971 3144 8982 3141 8983 3143 8991
3176 8983 3163 8943
TIME...MOT...LOC 1535Z 224DEG 51KT 3152 8977
$$
MSC031-065-061615-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090106T1615Z/
COVINGTON MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
935 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CST FOR EASTERN
JEFFERSON DAVIS AND CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 935 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARSON...OR 14 MILES NORTH
OF COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LONE STAR BY 945 AM CST...
COLLINS BY 950 AM 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 3145 8971 3144 8982 3141 8983 3143 8991
3176 8983 3163 8943
TIME...MOT...LOC 1535Z 224DEG 51KT 3152 8977
$$
7000 WWUS54 KJAN 061554 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 954 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 MSC065-061604- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090106T1615Z/ JEFFERSON DAVIS MS- 954 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3154 8958 3163 8974 3171 8969 3164 8945 TIME...MOT...LOC 1554Z 224DEG 51KT 3168 8955 $$ MSC031-061615- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090106T1615Z/ COVINGTON MS- 954 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CST FOR CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY... AT 954 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. 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 3154 8958 3163 8974 3171 8969 3164 8945 TIME...MOT...LOC 1554Z 224DEG 51KT 3168 8955 $$ 7
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 6:16 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Lamar and 7 more | 82 days |
| Jan 5, 6:23 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Webster | 4 hr |
| Jan 5, 7:19 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 13 days |
| Jan 5, 10:41 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leake, Madison and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 5, 10:53 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Kemper, Lowndes, Neshoba, Noxubee and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 8 days |
| Jan 6, 6:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clay | 4 days |
| Jan 6, 6:48 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 6 days |
| Jan 6, 6:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 4 days |
| Jan 6, 7:09 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Hinds, Jefferson, Kemper, Lauderdale and 8 more | 102 min |
| Jan 6, 9:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 7 days |
| Jan 6, 9:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 6 days |
| Jan 6, 9:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala | 3 days |
| Jan 6, 9:16 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 14 days |
| Jan 6, 10:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 44 min |
| Jan 6, 12:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 2 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Noxubee, Winston | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Scott | 2 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:08 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Clay, Leake, Lowndes, Montgomery and 5 more | 12 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.