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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2007, 5:47 PM CST for East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 43 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
- Feb 24, 2007, 5:47 PM CST (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2007, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 5:57 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 W Pioneer, LA | ROOF DAMAGE REPORTED. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 1:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1290 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 242347
TORJAN
LAC035-067-123-250030-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0021.070224T2347Z-070225T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
547 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAKE PROVIDENCE
MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
* UNTIL 630 PM CST
* AT 547 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 22 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF OAK GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OAK GROVE AND
LAKE PROVIDENCE.
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 3256 9142 3260 9144 3260 9158 3269 9160
3262 9173 3283 9179 3300 9142 3301 9126
3289 9118 3297 9108 3282 9117 3275 9116
3272 9106 3268 9113 3262 9115 3258 9110
3264 9101 3261 9101 3255 9113 3255 9144
$$
DHB1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KJAN 250007
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
607 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
LAC067-250017-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070225T0030Z/
MOREHOUSE LA-
607 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MOREHOUSE PARISH IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3256 9142 3260 9144 3260 9158 3269 9160
3272 9162 3285 9150 3298 9139 3301 9126
3289 9118 3297 9108 3282 9117 3275 9116
3272 9106 3268 9113 3262 9115 3258 9110
3264 9101 3261 9101 3255 9113 3255 9144
$$
LAC035-123-250030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070225T0030Z/
WEST CARROLL LA-EAST CARROLL LA-
607 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR EAST
CARROLL AND WEST CARROLL PARISHES...
AT 607 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FOREST...OR ABOUT
12 MILES WEST OF LAKE PROVIDENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KILBOURNE
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 3256 9142 3260 9144 3260 9158 3269 9160
3272 9162 3285 9150 3298 9139 3301 9126
3289 9118 3297 9108 3282 9117 3275 9116
3272 9106 3268 9113 3262 9115 3258 9110
3264 9101 3261 9101 3255 9113 3255 9144
$$
DHBThe 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 | Madison | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 4:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 4:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 5:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Richland | 42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.