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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Jackson, MS

April 7, 2006Webster County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 5:43 PM CDT for Webster County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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
Apr 7, 2006, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2006, 6:07 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Webster County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 7, 11:34 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2006-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1512 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2006-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1512 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
9.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 072243
TORJAN
MSC155-072330-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0041.060407T2243Z-060407T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
543 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 33 MILES WEST OF
  MANTEE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRENADA...MOVING EAST AT 60
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTH OF MANTEE BY 610 PM CDT...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 3374 8903 3365 8904 3359 8950 3372 8950
      3372 8918 3374 8917

$$

GARRETT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 072307
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
607 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

MSC155-072317-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-060407T2330Z/
WEBSTER MS-
607 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEBSTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3374 8903 3365 8904 3359 8950 3372 8950
      3372 8918 3374 8917

$$

GARRETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington67 min
Apr 7, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sunflower65 min
Apr 7, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar37 min
Apr 7, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore46 min
Apr 7, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Leflore, Sunflower40 min
Apr 7, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Holmes66 min
Apr 7, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar65 min
Apr 7, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWashington47 min
Apr 7, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSunflower57 min
Apr 7, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningJANGrenada, Montgomery43 min
Apr 7, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Leflore52 min
Apr 7, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys18 min
Apr 7, 5:49 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll56 min
Apr 7, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada55 min
Apr 7, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower42 min
Apr 7, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMontgomery66 min
Apr 7, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington47 min
Apr 7, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar36 min
Apr 7, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWebster56 min

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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.