Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2009

Tornado Warning 72, NWS Jackson, MS

May 3, 2009Leake County, Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2009, 6:50 AM CDT for Leake County, Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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: May 3, 2009, 6:50 AM CDT (11:50 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2009, 7:26 AM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Leake County, MS, Madison County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 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
May 3, 7:00 AM CDT	TORNADO 0	4 Wsw Thomastown, MS	TRACKED TO 0.5 MILES SW THOMASTOWN. RATED EF0 WITH MAX WINDS 75 MPH. PATH LENGTH OF 4 MILES AND MAX WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. NUMBER OF TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG THE PATH INCLUDING A FEW ACROSS DAMASCUS CHURCH ROAD.
May 3, 7:20 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Singleton, MS	TREES DOWN JUST SOUTH OF SINGLETON ON HIGHWAY 35.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 65 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: 435 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 3.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 031150
TORJAN
MSC079-089-031245-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0072.090503T1150Z-090503T1245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
650 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...EDINBURG...CARTHAGE...
  NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT

* AT 650 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CAMDEN
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CAMDEN BY 655 AM CDT...
  THOMASTOWN BY 715 AM CDT...
  CARTHAGE AND SINGLETON BY 725 AM CDT...
  RENFROE BY 735 AM CDT...
  EDINBURG BY 745 AM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3270 8933 3266 8999 3269 9000 3281 9001
      3284 8999 3290 8967 3294 8941 3293 8931
TIME...MOT...LOC 1150Z 262DEG 31KT 3276 8990

$$

GARRETT

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 031159
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
659 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

MSC079-089-031245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-090503T1245Z/
MADISON MS-LEAKE MS-
659 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
LEAKE AND NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES...

AT 659 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMDEN MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  THOMASTOWN BY 710 AM CDT...
  REDWATER AND CARTHAGE BY 720 AM CDT...
  SINGLETON BY 725 AM CDT...
  RENFROE BY 730 AM CDT...
  EDINBURG BY 740 AM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3270 8933 3267 8986 3276 8986 3286 8990
      3286 8988 3294 8943 3293 8931
TIME...MOT...LOC 1159Z 262DEG 32KT 3275 8978

$$

GARRETT

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 031216
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
716 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

MSC089-031227-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-090503T1245Z/
MADISON MS-
716 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3270 8933 3268 8971 3290 8968 3293 8947
      3294 8939 3293 8931
TIME...MOT...LOC 1217Z 262DEG 32KT 3285 8955

$$

MSC079-031245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-090503T1245Z/
LEAKE MS-
716 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
LEAKE COUNTY...

AT 717 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SINGLETON MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RENFROE BY 725 AM CDT...
  EDINBURG BY 735 AM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3270 8933 3268 8971 3290 8968 3293 8947
      3294 8939 3293 8931
TIME...MOT...LOC 1217Z 262DEG 32KT 3285 8955

$$

GARRETT

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 031226
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
726 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

MSC079-031236-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-090503T1245Z/
LEAKE MS-
726 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LEAKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

LAT...LON 3270 8933 3268 8971 3290 8968 3293 8947
      3294 8939 3293 8931
TIME...MOT...LOC 1226Z 262DEG 32KT 3286 8945

$$

GARRETT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Washington	39 min
May 2, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	37 min
May 2, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Winston	32 min
May 2, 7:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys	54 min
May 2, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	51 min
May 2, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	51 min
May 2, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala	31 min
May 2, 8:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	58 min
May 2, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Winston	44 min
May 2, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	60 min
May 2, 8:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	54 min
May 2, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Winston	50 min
May 2, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	49 min
May 2, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Winston	26 min
May 2, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	42 min
May 2, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	41 min
May 2, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	23 min
May 3, 4:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 12 more	11 hr
May 3, 6:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo	40 min
May 3, 7:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Scott and 1 more	45 min
May 3, 7:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	47 min
May 3, 8:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	61 min
May 3, 8:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	55 min
May 3, 8:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	66 min
May 3, 9:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	56 min
May 3, 9:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	65 min
May 3, 10:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	17 days
May 3, 10:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Warren	63 min
May 3, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	48 hr
May 3, 10:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 2 more	3 hr
May 3, 10:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Madison and 2 more	59 min
May 3, 10:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith	44 min
May 3, 10:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	61 min
May 3, 11:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	65 min
May 3, 11:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower and 1 more	4 hr
May 3, 11:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	66 min
May 3, 11:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	46 min
May 3, 11:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper	38 min
May 3, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton	58 min
May 3, 12:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	31 min
May 3, 12:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston	2 hr
May 3, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	21 min
May 3, 12:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Webster	12 hr
May 3, 12:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	9 hr
May 3, 12:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	9 hr
May 3, 12:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	9 hr
May 3, 1:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 2 more	3 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2009 Every tornado warning in 2009 Tornadoes in 2009

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.