Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 3:50 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 15 Nne Raleigh, MS | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ONTO A HOUSE ON COUNTY ROAD 501 NEAR PINEVILLE. |
| Feb 13, 3:50 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 15 Nne Raleigh, MS | COLLAPSED PORCH ON SMITH CO RD 504 3-4 MILES WEST OF PINEVILLE. |
| Feb 13, 3:50 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Forest, MS | A FEW TREES WERE DOWN IN THE CITY OF FOREST...BLOCKING ROADS. REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. |
| Feb 13, 3:52 AM CST | TORNADO 1 | 3 Ene Burns, MS | PATH OF TREE...ROOF...AND POWERLINE AND POLE DAMAGE FROM 2.5 ENE BURNS TO 3 WNW PINEVILLE. |
| Feb 13, 4:00 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Forest, MS | A 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2:43 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 29 min |
| Feb 13, 2:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 38 min |
| Feb 13, 3:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 45 min |
| Feb 13, 3:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Feb 13, 3:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 36 min |
| Feb 13, 4:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 39 min |
| Feb 13, 4:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 38 min |
| Feb 13, 4:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 27 min |
| Feb 13, 4:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 55 min |
| Feb 13, 4:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Feb 13, 4:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 37 min |
| Feb 13, 5:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 28 min |
| Feb 13, 5:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 40 min |
| Feb 13, 5:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 33 min |
| Feb 13, 5:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 29 min |
| Feb 13, 3:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 36 min |
| Feb 13, 3:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 41 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.