Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 66, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2007, 10:07 AM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 min. 4 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, 10:07 AM CDT (15:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2007, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jones County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 10:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hebron, MS | A FEW TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES. NWS STORM SURVEY ALSO FOUND A FEW SCATTERED TREES DOWN ACROSS THE W HALF OF THE COUNTY. DAMAGE OCCURRED BETWEEN 1030-1040AM |
| Apr 14, 10:35 AM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 9 W Ellisville, MS | TORNADO ON GROUND 9 MILES WEST OF ELLISVILLE. LAUREL JONES CD HAS EXTENSIVELY SURVEYED AREA AND BEEN UNABLE TO FIND ANY DAMAGE...APPARENTLY A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. |
| Apr 14, 10:35 AM CDT | TORNADO | 9 W Ellisville, MS | TORNADO ON GROUND 9 MILES WEST OF ELLISVILLE. |
| Apr 14, 10:46 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | N Laurel, MS | NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN SHADY GROVE COMMUNITY NORTH OF LAUREL. |
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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 141506 TORJAN MSC067-141545- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0066.070414T1507Z-070414T1545Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1007 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAUREL... * UNTIL 1045 AM CDT * AT 1007 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON...OR ABOUT NEAR COLLINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HEBRON BY 1015 AM CDT... MOSS BY 1030 AM CDT... 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANDERSVILLE BY 1035 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 3179 8938 3154 8940 3164 8901 3183 8894 $$ CAW
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KJAN 141523 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1023 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 MSC067-141545- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-070414T1545Z/ JONES MS- 1023 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR JONES COUNTY... AT 1019 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HEBRON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF ELLISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SOSO AND LAUREL BY 1030 AM CDT... MOSS BY 1035 AM CDT... SANDERSVILLE BY 1045 AM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3179 8938 3154 8940 3164 8901 3183 8894 $$ CAW
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, 7:38 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, 10:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 10:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 42 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.