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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Jackson, MS

February 24, 2007Bolivar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2007, 5:01 PM CST for Bolivar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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: Feb 24, 2007, 5:01 PM CST (23:01 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2007, 5:45 PM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bolivar County, MS

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 24, 1:10 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 555 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 565 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 242301
TORJAN
MSC011-242345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0016.070224T2301Z-070224T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
501 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...SHAW...CLEVELAND

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 501 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES WEST OF
  BENOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BENOIT...
  SHAW...
  CLEVELAND...
  RENOVA...
  GUNNISON AND
  BOYLE.

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 3364 9067 3356 9083 3355 9121 3362 9112
      3371 9119 3366 9106 3369 9102 3376 9113
      3381 9095 3401 9106 3395 9099 3405 9087
      3413 9087 3413 9089 3413 9089 3413 9066

$$

GARRETT

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 242324
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
523 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

MSC011-242345-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070224T2345Z/
BOLIVAR MS-
523 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR BOLIVAR
COUNTY...

AT 523 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF PACE...
OR NEAR ROSEDALE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GUNNISON...SHAW... 
BOYLE...CLEVELAND... RENOVA...MERIGOLD...WINSTONVILLE... 
SHELBY...MOUND BAYOU...DUNCAN AND ALLIGATOR.

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 3364 9067 3356 9083 3355 9121 3362 9112
      3371 9119 3366 9106 3369 9102 3376 9113
      3382 9101 3395 9099 3405 9087 3413 9087
      3413 9089 3413 9089 3413 9066

$$

GARRETT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 3:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	28 min
Feb 24, 4:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	22 min
Feb 24, 4:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	33 min
Feb 24, 5:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Washington	58 min
Feb 24, 5:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sunflower	29 min
Feb 24, 5:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar	30 min
Feb 24, 5:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sunflower	33 min

Nearby

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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.