Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 62, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2007, 7:38 AM CDT for Leake County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 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
- Apr 14, 2007, 7:38 AM CDT (12:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2007, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Leake County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | W Thomastown, MS | TREES DOWN WEST OF THOMASTOWN. |
| Apr 14, 8:00 AM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | W Thomastown, MS | PEA-SIZED HAIL AND TREES DOWN WEST OF THOMASTOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Apr 14, 8:00 AM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | W Thomastown, MS | PEA-SIZED HAIL WEST OF THOMASTOWN. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 912 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 141238 TORJAN MSC079-141330- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0062.070414T1238Z-070414T1330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 738 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 830 AM CDT * AT 738 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OFAHOMA...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... THOMASTOWN AND FARMHAVEN BY 745 AM CDT... 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 3293 8973 3265 8973 3293 8933 $$ GARRETT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KJAN 141248 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 748 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 MSC079-141330- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-070414T1330Z/ LEAKE MS- 748 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR LEAKE COUNTY... AT 748 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FARMHAVEN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARTHAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SINGLETON BY 755 AM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3293 8973 3265 8973 3293 8933 $$ GARRETT
000 WWUS54 KJAN 141302 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 803 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 MSC079-141330- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-070414T1330Z/ LEAKE MS- 803 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR LEAKE COUNTY... AT 801 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SINGLETON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF CARTHAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL LEAKE COUNTY AT 820 AM CDT 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 3293 8966 3275 8968 3293 8933 $$ GRG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 5:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 17 min |
| Apr 14, 6:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 7:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 8:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Winston | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 8:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 39 min |
| Apr 14, 8:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 13 min |
| Apr 14, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 17 min |
| Apr 14, 9:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 9:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 39 min |
| Apr 14, 9:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 10:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 10:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 10:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 10:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 10:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 10:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 39 min |
| Apr 14, 10:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 56 min |
| Apr 14, 10:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 11:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 20 min |
| Apr 14, 11:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 11:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 17 min |
| Apr 14, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 14 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.