Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 5, 2007, 1:05 AM CST for Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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, 1:05 AM CST (07:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2007, 1:45 AM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Neshoba County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 1:07 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 11 Sw Philadelphia, MS | THERE WAS A REPORT OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THE DIXON COMMUNITY. THERE IS NO KNOWN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AT THIS TIME, HOWEVER THERE ARE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| Jan 5, 1:15 AM CST | TORNADO 1 | 5 W Neshoba, MS | NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. TWO HOMES WERE DAMAGED ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. PATH LENGTH 3.5 MILES, 400 YDS WIDE. |
| Jan 5, 1:20 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Philadelphia, MS | A ROOF WAS REPORTEDLY BLOWN OFF A HOUSE ON HIGHWAY 486 IN THE BLOOMO COMMUNITY. |
| Jan 5, 1:25 AM CST | TORNADO 2 | 2 Ne Tucker, MS | BRICK HOME HAD ITS ROOF TOTALLY REMOVED. A LARGE OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED. A TRACTOR WAS PICKED UP AND ROLLED ALONG WITH NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED, DOWNED AND UPROOTED. |
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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 050705
TORJAN
MSC099-050745-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0003.070105T0705Z-070105T0745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
105 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
* UNTIL 145 AM CST
* AT 105 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PHILADELPHIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PHILADELPHIA BY 125 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 3260 8929 3258 8920 3271 8892 3291 8894
3293 8912
$$
CME1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KJAN 050725 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 125 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 MSC099-050745- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070105T0745Z/ NESHOBA MS- 125 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CST FOR NESHOBA COUNTY... AT 125 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PHILADELPHIA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NESHOBA COUNTY AT 140 AM CST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3270 8918 3271 8892 3291 8894 3293 8912 $$ 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, 11:11 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, 12:26 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, 1:23 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.