Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 4, 2007, 11:11 PM CST for Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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
- Jan 4, 2007, 11:11 PM CST (05:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2007, 11:38 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:13 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 8:47 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 050511 TORJAN MSC163-050600- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0001.070105T0511Z-070105T0600Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1111 PM CST THU JAN 4 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST * AT 1111 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER YAZOO COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL YAZOO COUNTY AT 1130 PM CST 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 3263 9036 3266 9024 3289 9002 3298 9025 $$ CME
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KJAN 050520 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1121 PM CST THU JAN 4 2007 MSC163-050600- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070105T0600Z/ YAZOO MS- 1121 PM CST THU JAN 4 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR YAZOO COUNTY... AT 1121 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER YAZOO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN YAZOO COUNTY AT 1140 PM CST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3269 9032 3266 9024 3289 9002 3298 9025 $$ CME
000 WWUS54 KJAN 050538 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1139 PM CST THU JAN 4 2007 MSC163-050549- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070105T0600Z/ YAZOO MS- 1139 PM CST THU JAN 4 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR YAZOO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNDAO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. LAT...LON 3269 9032 3266 9024 3289 9002 3298 9025 $$ CME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 29 min |
| Jan 4, 10:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 43 min |
| Jan 4, 11:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson | 55 min |
| Jan 4, 11:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| Jan 4, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 40 min |
| Jan 4, 11:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 31 min |
| Jan 5, 12:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 42 min |
| Jan 5, 12:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 44 min |
| Jan 5, 12:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 12:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 16 min |
| Jan 5, 1:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 44 min |
| Jan 5, 1:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 1:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 40 min |
| Jan 5, 1:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 34 min |
| Jan 5, 1:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Jan 5, 1:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 1:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 39 min |
| Jan 5, 1:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 53 min |
| Jan 5, 2:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 2:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 39 min |
| Jan 5, 2:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 35 min |
| Jan 5, 2:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 18 min |
| Jan 5, 2:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 3:10 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.