Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 64, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT for Covington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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
- Apr 14, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2007, 10:24 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Covington County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 10:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Collins, MS | A FEW TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES. |
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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 141500
TORJAN
MSC031-141545-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0064.070414T1500Z-070414T1545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1000 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLLINS...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
* AT 1000 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
COLLINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HOT COFFEE BY 1010 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 3161 8974 3149 8958 3149 8940 3179 8941
3172 8962
$$
CAW2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 141510
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1011 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
MSC031-141545-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-070414T1545Z/
COVINGTON MS-
1011 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR
COVINGTON COUNTY...
AT 1006 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLINS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3166 8961 3153 8952 3149 8940 3179 8941
3170 8959
$$
CAW000
WWUS54 KJAN 141524 RRA
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1024 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
MSC031-141534-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-070414T1545Z/
COVINGTON MS-
1024 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COVINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3166 8961 3153 8952 3149 8940 3179 8941
3170 8959
$$
CAWThe 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, 7:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 52 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, 10:04 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.