Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 6, 2009, 10:01 AM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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, 10:01 AM CST (16:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2009, 10:45 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Covington County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 061601 TORJAN MSC031-061-067-129-061645- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0004.090106T1601Z-090106T1645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1001 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRINGER... NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 1045 AM CST * AT 1002 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTH OF TAYLORSVILLE...OR NEAR COLLINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TAYLORSVILLE BY 1010 AM CST... STRINGER AND MOSS BY 1020 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 3198 8924 3186 8901 3161 8936 3170 8965 TIME...MOT...LOC 1602Z 230DEG 52KT 3170 8947 $$ 7
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KJAN 061621 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1021 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 MSC031-061631- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090106T1645Z/ COVINGTON MS- 1021 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3172 8939 3182 8940 3198 8924 3186 8901 TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 229DEG 30KT 3179 8936 $$ MSC061-067-129-061645- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090106T1645Z/ JONES MS-SMITH MS-JASPER MS- 1021 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN JASPER...SOUTHEASTERN SMITH AND NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTIES... AT 1021 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STRINGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... STRINGER AND MOSS BY 1035 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 3172 8939 3182 8940 3198 8924 3186 8901 TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 229DEG 30KT 3179 8936 $$ 7
000 WWUS54 KJAN 061631 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1031 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 MSC067-129-061641- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090106T1645Z/ JONES MS-SMITH MS- 1031 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SMITH AND NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3189 8907 3181 8932 3190 8932 3198 8924 TIME...MOT...LOC 1631Z 229DEG 30KT 3184 8928 $$ MSC061-061645- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090106T1645Z/ JASPER MS- 1031 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY... AT 1031 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STRINGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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 3189 8907 3181 8932 3190 8932 3198 8924 TIME...MOT...LOC 1631Z 229DEG 30KT 3184 8928 $$ 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, 9:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 51 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.