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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS

February 13, 2007Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 3:48 AM CST for Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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 13, 2007, 3:48 AM CST (09:48 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2007, 4:15 AM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 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 13, 3:50 AM CSTTSTM WND DMG15 Nne Raleigh, MSA TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ONTO A HOUSE ON COUNTY ROAD 501 NEAR PINEVILLE.
Feb 13, 3:50 AM CSTTSTM WND DMG15 Nne Raleigh, MSCOLLAPSED PORCH ON SMITH CO RD 504 3-4 MILES WEST OF PINEVILLE.
Feb 13, 3:50 AM CSTTSTM WND DMGForest, MSA FEW TREES WERE DOWN IN THE CITY OF FOREST...BLOCKING ROADS. REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Feb 13, 3:52 AM CSTTORNADO 13 Ene Burns, MSPATH OF TREE...ROOF...AND POWERLINE AND POLE DAMAGE FROM 2.5 ENE BURNS TO 3 WNW PINEVILLE.
Feb 13, 4:00 AM CSTTSTM WND DMG5 Ne Forest, MSA FEW TREES DOWN IN THE COUNTY. REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

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 13, 2:43 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 2007-02-13Temperature 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2007-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 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 130948
TORJAN
MSC123-129-131015-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0005.070213T0948Z-070213T1015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
348 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FOREST
  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 415 AM CST

* AT 348 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF FOREST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FOREST.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 3224 8972 3206 8967 3211 8933 3252 8933

$$

DHB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 131002
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
402 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

MSC123-129-131015-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070213T1015Z/
SMITH MS-SCOTT MS-
402 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CST FOR SCOTT AND
SMITH COUNTIES...

AT 402 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF
FOREST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE BY 410 AM CST

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 3232 8960 3210 8953 3211 8933 3252 8933

$$

DHB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 2:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin29 min
Feb 13, 2:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln38 min
Feb 13, 3:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson45 min
Feb 13, 3:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln42 min
Feb 13, 3:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith36 min
Feb 13, 4:06 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNewton39 min
Feb 13, 4:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion38 min
Feb 13, 4:15 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis27 min
Feb 13, 4:35 AM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest55 min
Feb 13, 4:40 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale50 min
Feb 13, 4:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion37 min
Feb 13, 5:05 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper28 min
Feb 13, 5:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke40 min
Feb 13, 5:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar33 min
Feb 13, 5:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest29 min
Feb 13, 3:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper36 min
Feb 13, 3:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes41 min

Nearby

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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.