Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 113, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 2006, 7:34 AM CDT for Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min. 4 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
- Oct 27, 2006, 7:34 AM CDT (12:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2006, 8:08 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lamar County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 7:45 AM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 5 Wnw Lumberton, MS | STORM SURVEY TEAM FOUND PATH OF TORNADIC DAMAGE EXTENDING 2 MILES NE FROM START POINT. A NUMBER OF TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG ITS PATH. A VISUAL OF THIS TORNADO WAS ALSO MADE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. MAX WIDTH 250 YD. |
| Oct 27, 7:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lumberton, MS | TREE BLOWN DOWN ON A VEHICLE AT LUMBERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. |
| Oct 27, 8:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Purvis, MS | SPORADIC WIND DAMAGE ALONG PATH OF MESOCYCLONE FROM NORTHWEST OF LUMBERTON TO SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF PURVIS. OCCASIONAL TREES AND LIMBS DOWN. ALSO A FEW TREES DOWN IN AREA SOUTH OF MESOCYCLONE...INCLUDING A TREE DOWN ON A VEHICLE AT LUMBERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
| Oct 27, 8:00 AM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Sw Purvis, MS | POSSIBLE TORNADO SPOTTED ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PURVIS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 6:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 514 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 271234
TORJAN
MSC073-271315-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0113.061027T1234Z-061027T1315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
734 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG
* UNTIL 815 AM CDT
* AT 734 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF
LUMBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LUMBERTON AND
PURVIS.
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 3119 8966 3100 8966 3100 8944 3102 8935
3135 8935
$$
GARRETT3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 271244
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
744 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006
MSC073-271315-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0113.000000T0000Z-061027T1315Z/
LAMAR MS-
744 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR LAMAR
COUNTY...
AT 741 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PURVIS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PURVIS BY 800 AM CDT
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3119 8966 3100 8966 3100 8944 3102 8935
3135 8935
$$
GARRETT000 WWUS54 KJAN 271254 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 754 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006 MSC073-271315- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0113.000000T0000Z-061027T1315Z/ LAMAR MS- 754 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR LAMAR COUNTY... AT 754 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PURVIS...MOVING EAST AT 40 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 3118 8960 3102 8957 3102 8935 3135 8935 $$ GARRETT
000 WWUS54 KJAN 271308 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 806 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006 MSC073-271316- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0113.000000T0000Z-061027T1315Z/ LAMAR MS- 806 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAMAR COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNDAO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3118 8960 3102 8957 3102 8935 3135 8935 $$ GARRETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 3:20 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 27, 4:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln | 115 min |
| Oct 27, 6:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 44 min |
| Oct 27, 7:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 39 min |
| Oct 27, 11:05 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 21 more | 10 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.