Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 56, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 3:36 PM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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
- Mar 1, 2007, 3:36 PM CST (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Forrest County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:38 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Hattiesburg, MS | ESTIMATED DIME TO PENNY SIZED HAIL ON BROADWAY DR. AND NORTH FORK SOUTHERN. |
| Mar 1, 3:55 PM CST | HAIL 0.25 | Petal, MS | PEA HAIL REPORTED IN NORTH PETAL. |
| Mar 1, 3:55 PM CST | HAIL 0.5 | 3 N Hattiesburg, MS | MARBLE HAIL REPORTED IN THE GLENDALE AREA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:28 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1034 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 012136
TORJAN
MSC035-012215-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0056.070301T2136Z-070301T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
336 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PETAL...HATTIESBURG
* UNTIL 415 PM CST
* AT 336 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
HATTIESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HATTIESBURG BY 350 PM CST
PETAL BY 355 PM CST
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG THE PIKE AND
WALTHALL COUNTY LINE. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
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 3143 8945 3136 8944 3135 8935 3124 8934
3126 8914 3143 8914
$$
CME1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KJAN 012154
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
354 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007
MSC035-012215-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-070301T2215Z/
FORREST MS-
354 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR FORREST
COUNTY...
AT 354 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF HATTIESBURG...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PETAL BY 400 PM CST
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3143 8938 3136 8941 3135 8935 3128 8935
3131 8915 3143 8914
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 9:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Leflore | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 9:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 58 min |
| Mar 1, 10:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Mar 1, 10:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 10:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 44 min |
| Mar 1, 10:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 10:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Mar 1, 10:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 11:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 42 min |
| Mar 1, 11:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 56 min |
| Mar 1, 11:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 11:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 11:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 56 min |
| Mar 1, 11:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 12:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 12:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 12:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 12:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 12:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 12:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 1:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 67 min |
| Mar 1, 1:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 45 min |
| Mar 1, 2:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 2:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 53 min |
| Mar 1, 3:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 3:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 14 min |
| Mar 1, 3:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 3:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 19 min |
| Mar 1, 3:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 4:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 43 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.