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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS

January 5, 2007Neshoba County, Mississippi

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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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 5, 1:07 AM CSTTSTM WND DMG11 Sw Philadelphia, MSTHERE 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 CSTTORNADO 15 W Neshoba, MSNUMEROUS 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 CSTTSTM WND DMG5 E Philadelphia, MSA ROOF WAS REPORTEDLY BLOWN OFF A HOUSE ON HIGHWAY 486 IN THE BLOOMO COMMUNITY.
Jan 5, 1:25 AM CSTTORNADO 22 Ne Tucker, MSBRICK 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 4, 8:47 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2007-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2007-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

CME
1 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 10:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds29 min
Jan 4, 10:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo43 min
Jan 4, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Simpson55 min
Jan 4, 11:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo27 min
Jan 4, 11:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis34 min
Jan 4, 11:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Smith40 min
Jan 4, 11:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar31 min
Jan 5, 12:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones42 min
Jan 5, 12:26 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Jones44 min
Jan 5, 12:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton, Scott41 min
Jan 5, 12:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala16 min
Jan 5, 1:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba44 min
Jan 5, 1:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke41 min
Jan 5, 1:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw34 min
Jan 5, 1:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale47 min
Jan 5, 1:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston41 min
Jan 5, 1:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper39 min
Jan 5, 1:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee53 min
Jan 5, 2:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha33 min
Jan 5, 2:06 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee39 min
Jan 5, 2:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes35 min
Jan 5, 2:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay18 min
Jan 5, 2:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes33 min
Jan 5, 3:10 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryJANAdams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more15 hr

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.