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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Jackson, MS

February 24, 2007Montgomery County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2007, 7:03 PM CST for Montgomery County, Mississippi. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 24, 2007, 7:03 PM CST (01:03 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2007, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Montgomery County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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.

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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 311 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 409 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 662 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 5.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 250103
TORJAN
MSC097-250200-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0030.070225T0103Z-070225T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINONA

* UNTIL 800 PM CST

* AT 703 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  WINONA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WINONA...
  DUCK HILL AND
  KILMICHAEL.

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 3348 8952 3346 8950 3346 8938 3343 8947
      3330 8945 3331 8964 3341 8964 3344 8978
      3368 8977 3368 8952

$$

GARRETT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 6:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leflore	60 min
Feb 24, 6:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington	41 min
Feb 24, 6:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada	67 min
Feb 24, 6:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys	66 min
Feb 24, 6:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	60 min
Feb 24, 7:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes	55 min
Feb 24, 7:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Yazoo	56 min
Feb 24, 7:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	65 min
Feb 24, 7:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Webster	44 min
Feb 24, 7:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson	25 min
Feb 24, 7:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	65 min
Feb 24, 8:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	26 min
Feb 24, 8:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson	37 min
Feb 24, 8:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	81 min
Feb 24, 8:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	44 min
Feb 24, 8:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster	58 min
Feb 24, 8:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	32 min
Feb 24, 8:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	45 min
Feb 24, 8:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds	57 min
Feb 24, 8:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	53 min
Feb 24, 8:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	46 min
Feb 24, 9:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala	44 min
Feb 24, 9:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	62 min
Feb 24, 9:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Winston	55 min
Feb 24, 9:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes	53 min
Feb 24, 9:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln, Simpson	54 min
Feb 24, 9:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	24 min
Feb 24, 9:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	18 min
Feb 24, 9:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	36 min
Feb 24, 9:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	64 min
Feb 24, 10:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Scott	45 min
Feb 24, 10:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	40 min
Feb 24, 10:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	39 min
Feb 24, 10:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Leake, Neshoba	64 min
Feb 24, 10:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	37 min
Feb 24, 10:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee	37 min
Feb 24, 10:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	34 min
Feb 24, 10:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper	34 min
Feb 24, 10:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Newton	47 min
Feb 24, 10:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	28 min
Feb 24, 11:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	30 min
Feb 24, 11:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	56 min
Feb 24, 11:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	35 min
Feb 24, 11:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	45 min
Feb 24, 11:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	49 min
Feb 24, 11:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	42 min
Feb 24, 11:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	28 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.