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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Jackson, MS

April 14, 2007Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2007, 1:49 PM CDT for Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 14 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2007, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2007, 2:03 PM CDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 14, 10:26 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 800 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 3.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 14, 12:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 12:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 10:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1046 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
151546-
ADAMS-ASHLEY-ATTALA-BOLIVAR-CARROLL-CATAHOULA-CHICOT-CHOCTAW-
CLAIBORNE-CLARKE-CLAY-CONCORDIA-COPIAH-COVINGTON-EAST CARROLL-
FORREST-FRANKLIN LA-FRANKLIN MS-GRENADA-HINDS-HOLMES-HUMPHREYS-
ISSAQUENA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-JONES-KEMPER-LAMAR-
LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEAKE-LEFLORE-LINCOLN-LOWNDES-MADISON LA-
MADISON MS-MARION-MONTGOMERY-MOREHOUSE-NESHOBA-NEWTON-NOXUBEE-
OKTIBBEHA-RANKIN-RICHLAND-SCOTT-SHARKEY-SIMPSON-SMITH-SUNFLOWER-
TENSAS-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WEST CARROLL-WINSTON-YAZOO-
1046 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...THUNDERSTORMS...
SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS A MAJOR
STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WIND SHEAR AND
INSTABILITY...AND THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM...WILL RESULT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING EASTWARD
INTO EASTERN MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON.
THE MAIN AREAS OF CONCERN WILL BE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 59
CORRIDOR. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
OTHERWISE...ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY APRIL
20TH.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 10:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1052 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1005 AM     TSTM WND DMG     8 S COLUMBIA            31.14N 89.83W
04/14/2007                   MARION             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN NEAR PINEBUR 8 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA.
            POSSIBLE TORNADO.

&&

ENTRE

Local storm report, Apr 14, 11:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1100 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1045 AM     TSTM WND DMG     8 S HATTIESBURG         31.20N 89.31W
04/14/2007                   FORREST            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CONSTRUCTION SITE REPORTS DEBRIS BLOWN 1/2 MILE FROM SITE
            IN THE DIXIE COMMUMITY SOUTH OF HATTIESBURG.

&&

ENTRE

Local storm report, Apr 14, 11:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1101 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1045 AM     TSTM WND GST     HATTIESBURG             31.31N 89.31W
04/14/2007  M43 MPH          FORREST            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

ENTRE

Local storm report, Apr 14, 11:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1122 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1050 AM     TSTM WND DMG     PETAL                   31.34N 89.25W
04/14/2007                   FORREST            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...HALF OF A ROOF BLOWN OFF OF
            A HOUSE...AND DAMAGE TO A TRAILER...POSSIBLE TORNADO.

&&

TARVER

Local storm report, Apr 14, 11:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1128 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1115 AM     FLASH FLOOD      W HATTIESBURG           31.31N 89.31W
04/14/2007                   FORREST            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FIVE HOUSES ON BRIDGES CIRCLE IN WEST HATTIESBURG
            FLOODED.

&&

ENTRE

Local storm report, Apr 14, 12:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	23 min
Apr 14, 4:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	36 min
Apr 14, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes	31 min
Apr 14, 5:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	27 min
Apr 14, 5:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Yazoo	17 min
Apr 14, 6:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	50 min
Apr 14, 6:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	49 min
Apr 14, 6:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson	26 min
Apr 14, 6:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	50 min
Apr 14, 7:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne	30 min
Apr 14, 7:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	44 min
Apr 14, 7:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo	44 min
Apr 14, 7:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake	52 min
Apr 14, 7:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	30 min
Apr 14, 7:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala	25 min
Apr 14, 7:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin	23 min
Apr 14, 8:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Winston	28 min
Apr 14, 8:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	39 min
Apr 14, 8:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	13 min
Apr 14, 8:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	17 min
Apr 14, 9:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	47 min
Apr 14, 9:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	39 min
Apr 14, 9:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	33 min
Apr 14, 9:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	28 min
Apr 14, 10:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington	24 min
Apr 14, 10:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar	42 min
Apr 14, 10:07 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	38 min
Apr 14, 10:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	35 min
Apr 14, 10:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	42 min
Apr 14, 10:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	39 min
Apr 14, 10:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	56 min
Apr 14, 10:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	46 min
Apr 14, 11:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	25 min
Apr 14, 11:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	20 min
Apr 14, 11:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	25 min
Apr 14, 11:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	2 hr
Apr 14, 11:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	17 min
Apr 13, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	47 min
Apr 13, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse	32 min
Apr 13, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	34 min
Apr 14, 1:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse	51 min
Apr 14, 2:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, West Carroll	26 min
Apr 14, 2:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Richland	34 min
Apr 14, 3:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Richland	45 min
Apr 14, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Madison	30 min
Apr 14, 6:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Concordia	32 min
Apr 14, 6:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Tensas	16 min
Apr 13, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	40 min
Apr 13, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley, Chicot	23 min
Apr 13, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2007 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.