Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 5, 2007, 2:06 AM CST for Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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, 2:06 AM CST (08:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2007, 2:45 AM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Noxubee County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2:47 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nw Shuqualak, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN NW OF SHUQUALAK OFF MACEDONIA RD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 1:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 050806
TORJAN
MSC103-050845-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0004.070105T0806Z-070105T0845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
206 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 245 AM CST
* AT 206 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MACON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MACON BY 215 AM CST
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROOKSVILLE BY 220 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 3301 8875 3295 8862 3313 8834 3328 8834
3327 8863
$$
CME1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KJAN 050825 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 224 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 MSC103-050845- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070105T0845Z/ NOXUBEE MS- 224 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CST FOR NOXUBEE COUNTY... AT 224 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NOXUBEE COUNTY... OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF ALICEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NOXUBEE COUNTY AT 240 AM CST IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3308 8850 3313 8834 3328 8833 3328 8854 $$ CME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 29 min |
| Jan 4, 10:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 43 min |
| Jan 4, 11:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson | 55 min |
| Jan 4, 11:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 27 min |
| Jan 4, 11:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| Jan 4, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 40 min |
| Jan 4, 11:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 31 min |
| Jan 5, 12:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 42 min |
| Jan 5, 12:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 44 min |
| Jan 5, 12:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 12:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 16 min |
| Jan 5, 1:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 44 min |
| Jan 5, 1:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 1:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 40 min |
| Jan 5, 1:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 34 min |
| Jan 5, 1:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Jan 5, 1:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 1:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 39 min |
| Jan 5, 1:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 53 min |
| Jan 5, 2:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 2:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 35 min |
| Jan 5, 2:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 18 min |
| Jan 5, 2:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 3:10 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 15 hr |
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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.