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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Jackson, MS

February 24, 2007Sunflower County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2007, 5:53 PM CST for Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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, 5:53 PM CST (23:53 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2007, 6:26 PM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sunflower County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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, 6:05 PM CST	TORNADO 1	6 Sw Indianola, MS	THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 6 SW OF INDIANOLA AND RACED NE TOWARD TOWN. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG WITH A FEW POWER POLES AND METAL SIGNS BLOWN DOWN. SEVERAL SHEDS WERE DESTROYED ALONG THE PATH. THE KINGDOM HALL CHURCH, OFF HWY 49, HAD HALF ITS ROOF BLOWN

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 PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 242353
TORJAN
MSC133-250045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0022.070224T2353Z-070225T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RULEVILLE...MOORHEAD...INDIANOLA...
  DREW

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 553 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF INDIANOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOORHEAD...
  SUNFLOWER...
  RULEVILLE AND
  DREW.

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 3338 9047 3338 9052 3335 9055 3332 9055
      3329 9074 3361 9073 3361 9067 3364 9064
      3398 9064 3398 9045

$$

GARRETT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 250009
SVSJAN

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

MSC133-250045-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070225T0045Z/
SUNFLOWER MS-
608 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR SUNFLOWER
COUNTY...

AT 608 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
INDIANOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE 
MOORHEAD...SUNFLOWER...DODDSVILLE... RULEVILLE AND DREW.

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 3338 9047 3338 9052 3335 9055 3332 9055
      3329 9074 3361 9073 3361 9067 3364 9064
      3398 9064 3398 9045

$$

GARRETT

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 250026
SVSJAN

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

MSC133-250036-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070225T0045Z/
SUNFLOWER MS-
626 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SUNFLOWER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNDAO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3338 9047 3338 9052 3335 9055 3332 9055
      3329 9074 3361 9073 3361 9067 3364 9064
      3398 9064 3398 9045

$$

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, 5:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar	44 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

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.