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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS

February 24, 2007Rankin County, Mississippi

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.

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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 24, 9:40 PM CSTHAIL 0.756 S Brandon, MSPENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON SHELL OIL ROAD SOUTH OF BRANDON.
Feb 24, 9:43 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG4 S Brandon, MSTREES DOWN IN THE ROBINHOOD COMMUNITY SOUTH OF BRANDON. POSSIBLE TORNADO. REPORTED BY RANKIN EOC.
Feb 24, 9:49 PM CSTTORNADO 15 Se Brandon, MSTORNADO 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 CSTTORNADO5 Se Brandon, MSTORNADO 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 CSTTSTM WND DMGFlorence, MS40 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 24, 7:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2007-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 311 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 2007-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 409 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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 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.

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, 7:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWebster44 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, 9:42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.