Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 5, 2007, 12:26 AM CST for Jasper County, Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min. 4 reports 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, 12:26 AM CST (06:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2007, 1:10 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:28 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 12:27 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Soso, MS | JONES COUNTY EMA REPORTED THAT A TRAILER WAS BLOWN OFF ITS BLOCKS, BUT NO INJURIES. THERE WERE ALSO ABOUT 50 - 75 POWER OUTAGES. MANY TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Jan 5, 12:27 AM CST | TORNADO 1 | 2 Sw Soso, MS | NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. ONE TREE FELL ON A CAR. A STORAGE BUILDING WAS COMPETELY DESTROYED. A SINGLE WIDE TRAILER WAS PUSHED OFF ITS BLOCKS BUT REMAINED UPRIGHT. ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER. THE DAMAGE WAS ALL ESTIMATED TO BE IN |
| Jan 5, 12:45 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Soso, MS | JONES COUNTY EMA REPORTED THAT A TRAILER WAS BLOWN OFF ITS BLOCKS, BUT NO INJURIES. THERE WERE ALSO ABOUT 50 - 75 POWER OUTAGES. MANY TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN. |
| Jan 5, 12:54 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Heidelberg, MS | REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE HEIDELBURG AREA. |
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.
| 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 050626
TORJAN
MSC061-067-050730-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0002.070105T0626Z-070105T0730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1226 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 130 AM CST
* AT 1226 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF
SANDERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANDERSVILLE BY 1240 AM CST
HEIDELBERG BY 1250 AM 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 3178 8933 3161 8926 3187 8891 3221 8894
3206 8930
$$
CME2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 050646
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1245 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007
MSC061-067-050730-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070105T0730Z/
JONES MS-JASPER MS-
1245 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CST FOR JASPER
AND JONES COUNTIES...
AT 1245 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SANDERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF LAUREL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HEIDELBERG BY 1255 AM CST
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ANYWHERE ALONG A LINE FROM ROSE
HILL TO LAUREL.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3221 8924 3149 8907 3166 8895 3187 8891
3221 8894
$$
CME000
WWUS54 KJAN 050710
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
110 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007
MSC061-067-050720-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070105T0730Z/
JONES MS-JASPER MS-
110 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JASPER AND JONES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNDAO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3221 8924 3149 8907 3166 8895 3187 8891
3221 8894
$$
CMEThe 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, 11:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 27 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, 12:34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.