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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Jackson, MS

February 24, 2007Webster County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2007, 7:31 PM CST for Webster County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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, 7:31 PM CST (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2007, 8:15 PM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Webster County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 24, 1:10 PM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2007-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2007-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -218 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2409 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
90 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-254 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 250131
TORJAN
MSC155-250215-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0033.070225T0131Z-070225T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 815 PM CST

* AT 731 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF EUPORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MATHISTON AND
  MABEN.

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 3357 8901 3358 8907 3355 8908 3353 8914
      3355 8917 3353 8926 3348 8934 3348 8950
      3372 8950 3373 8903

$$

GARRETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 6:15 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeflore60 min
Feb 24, 6:19 PM CSTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Washington41 min
Feb 24, 6:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Grenada67 min
Feb 24, 6:39 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys66 min
Feb 24, 6:45 PM CSTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey60 min
Feb 24, 7:03 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMontgomery57 min
Feb 24, 7:05 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes55 min
Feb 24, 7:19 PM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo56 min
Feb 24, 7:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren65 min
Feb 24, 7:35 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson25 min
Feb 24, 7:55 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Holmes65 min
Feb 24, 8:04 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Warren26 min
Feb 24, 8:08 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson37 min
Feb 24, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison81 min
Feb 24, 8:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo44 min
Feb 24, 8:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Montgomery, Webster58 min
Feb 24, 8:28 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison, Yazoo32 min
Feb 24, 8:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay45 min
Feb 24, 8:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Hinds57 min
Feb 24, 8:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha53 min
Feb 24, 8:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake46 min
Feb 24, 9:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala44 min
Feb 24, 9:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin62 min
Feb 24, 9:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Winston55 min
Feb 24, 9:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes53 min
Feb 24, 9:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln, Simpson54 min
Feb 24, 9:36 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin24 min
Feb 24, 9:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba18 min
Feb 24, 9:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln36 min
Feb 24, 9:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee64 min
Feb 24, 10:00 PM CSTTornado WarningJANScott45 min
Feb 24, 10:05 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith40 min
Feb 24, 10:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes39 min
Feb 24, 10:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Leake, Neshoba64 min
Feb 24, 10:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson, Smith37 min
Feb 24, 10:23 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee37 min
Feb 24, 10:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence34 min
Feb 24, 10:27 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper34 min
Feb 24, 10:28 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNewton47 min
Feb 24, 10:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith28 min
Feb 24, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee30 min
Feb 24, 11:04 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale56 min
Feb 24, 11:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion35 min
Feb 24, 11:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper45 min
Feb 24, 11:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke49 min
Feb 24, 11:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jones42 min
Feb 24, 11:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale28 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.