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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2007, 9:36 PM CST for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 min. 5 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
- Feb 24, 2007, 9:36 PM CST (03:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2007, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rankin County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 9:40 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | 6 S Brandon, MS | PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON SHELL OIL ROAD SOUTH OF BRANDON. |
| Feb 24, 9:43 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Brandon, MS | TREES DOWN IN THE ROBINHOOD COMMUNITY SOUTH OF BRANDON. POSSIBLE TORNADO. REPORTED BY RANKIN EOC. |
| Feb 24, 9:49 PM CST | TORNADO 1 | 5 Se Brandon, MS | TORNADO RATED EF-1 STRUCK NEAR INTERSECTION OF MORROW ROAD AND HIGHWAY 18...THE PATH LENGTH WAS ONE MILE AND THE WIDTH WAS 75 YDS...NUMEROUS HARDWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED AND NUMEROUS PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED. |
| Feb 24, 9:49 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 Se Brandon, MS | TORNADO RATED EF-1 STRUCK NEAR INTERSECTION OF MORROW ROAD AND HIGHWAY 18...THE PATH LENGTH WAS ONE MILE AND THE WIDTH WAS 75 YDS...NUMEROUS HARDWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED AND NUMEROUS PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED. |
| Feb 24, 10:09 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Florence, MS | 40 INCHES IN DIAMETER OR BIGGER TREE DOWN ON WHITE ROAD SOUTH OF FLORENCE |
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, 7:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 250336 TORJAN MSC121-250400- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0039.070225T0336Z-070225T0400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 936 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BRANDON * UNTIL 1000 PM CST * AT 936 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRANDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PELAHATCHIE. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 3221 9017 3205 9007 3223 8973 3241 8975 $$ DHB
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, 7:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 57 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, 9:42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.