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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS

January 5, 2007Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 5, 2007, 1:28 AM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
Jan 5, 2007, 1:28 AM CST (07:28 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2007, 2:15 AM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lauderdale County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 5, 1:28 AM CSTTSTM WND GST 78Meridian, MSMEASURED WIND GUST ON TOP OF EM BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN MERIDIAN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 4, 8:47 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2007-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2007-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 050728
SVRJAN
MSC075-050815-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0013.070105T0728Z-070105T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
128 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MERIDIAN

* UNTIL 215 AM CST

* AT 128 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MERIDIAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARION BY 135 AM CST

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

LAT...LON 3249 8880 3224 8875 3224 8845 3256 8841

$$

CME
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 050749
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
148 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007

MSC075-050815-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070105T0815Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-
148 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CST
FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY...

AT 148 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF MARION...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN NAVAL AIR STATION...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY AT 200 AM CST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

LAT...LON 3249 8880 3224 8875 3224 8845 3256 8841

$$

CME
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 050808
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
208 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007

MSC075-050818-
/O.EXP.KJAN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070105T0815Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-
208 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY EXPIRES AT
215 AM CST...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED 
OUT OF THE COUNTY AND THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

LAT...LON 3249 8880 3224 8875 3224 8845 3256 8841

$$

CME

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 10:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds29 min
Jan 4, 10:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo43 min
Jan 4, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Simpson55 min
Jan 4, 11:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo27 min
Jan 4, 11:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis34 min
Jan 4, 11:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Smith40 min
Jan 4, 11:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar31 min
Jan 5, 12:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones42 min
Jan 5, 12:26 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Jones44 min
Jan 5, 12:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton, Scott41 min
Jan 5, 12:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala16 min
Jan 5, 1:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba44 min
Jan 5, 1:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke41 min
Jan 5, 1:05 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba40 min
Jan 5, 1:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw34 min
Jan 5, 1:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston41 min
Jan 5, 1:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper39 min
Jan 5, 1:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee53 min
Jan 5, 2:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha33 min
Jan 5, 2:06 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee39 min
Jan 5, 2:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes35 min
Jan 5, 2:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay18 min
Jan 5, 2:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes33 min
Jan 5, 3:10 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryJANAdams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more15 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.