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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Jackson, MS

April 14, 2007Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2007, 10:28 AM CDT for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 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
Apr 14, 2007, 10:28 AM CDT (15:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2007, 11:10 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Forrest County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:30 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 14, 10:45 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 S Hattiesburg, MSSCATTERED TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
Apr 14, 10:45 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG8 S Hattiesburg, MSCONSTRUCTION SITE REPORTS DEBRIS BLOWN 1/2 MILE FROM SITE IN THE DIXIE COMMUMITY SOUTH OF HATTIESBURG.
Apr 14, 10:45 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 43Hattiesburg, MS
Apr 14, 10:50 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGPetal, MSTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...HALF OF A ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A HOUSE...AND DAMAGE TO A TRAILER. NWS SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THIS TO BE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 TO 70 MPH.
Apr 14, 10:50 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGPetal, MSTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...HALF OF A ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A HOUSE...AND DAMAGE TO A TRAILER...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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 7:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 14, 10:26 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2007-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 800 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2007-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
800 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 141528
TORJAN
MSC035-141630-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0067.070414T1528Z-070414T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1028 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CAMP SHELBY...PETAL...HATTIESBURG...

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 1028 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF HATTIESBURG...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  BAXTERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CAMP SHELBY AND HATTIESBURG BY 1045 AM CDT...
  6 MILES NORTH OF ROCK HILL AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF PETAL BY 1050 AM
  CDT...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF SUNRISE BY 1055 AM CDT...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF MACEDONIA BY 1100 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 3104 8930 3119 8932 3120 8933 3133 8933
      3136 8941 3143 8941 3143 8914 3103 8915
      3103 8928

$$

GARRETT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 141550
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1050 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

MSC035-141630-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-070414T1630Z/
FORREST MS-
1050 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR FORREST
COUNTY...

AT 1045 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HATTIESBURG...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SUNRISE BY 1055 AM CDT...
  MACEDONIA BY 1100 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 3111 8916 3119 8932 3120 8933 3133 8933
      3136 8941 3143 8941 3143 8914

$$
GARRETT
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 141610
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1110 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

MSC035-141620-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-070414T1630Z/
FORREST MS-
1110 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FORREST COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3111 8916 3119 8932 3120 8933 3133 8933
      3136 8941 3143 8941 3143 8914

$$
GARRETT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar23 min
Apr 14, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey36 min
Apr 14, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes31 min
Apr 14, 5:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren27 min
Apr 14, 5:54 AM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo17 min
Apr 14, 6:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams50 min
Apr 14, 6:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Warren49 min
Apr 14, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson26 min
Apr 14, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds50 min
Apr 14, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne30 min
Apr 14, 7:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo44 min
Apr 14, 7:16 AM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo44 min
Apr 14, 7:38 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake52 min
Apr 14, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds30 min
Apr 14, 7:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala25 min
Apr 14, 7:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Rankin23 min
Apr 14, 8:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Winston28 min
Apr 14, 8:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha39 min
Apr 14, 8:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake13 min
Apr 14, 8:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay17 min
Apr 14, 9:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin47 min
Apr 14, 9:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion39 min
Apr 14, 9:47 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMarion33 min
Apr 14, 9:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington28 min
Apr 14, 10:00 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington24 min
Apr 14, 10:04 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLamar42 min
Apr 14, 10:07 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJones38 min
Apr 14, 10:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake35 min
Apr 14, 10:36 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJones39 min
Apr 14, 10:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper56 min
Apr 14, 10:59 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper46 min
Apr 14, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJones25 min
Apr 14, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes20 min
Apr 14, 11:24 AM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar25 min
Apr 14, 11:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar2 hr
Apr 14, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston17 min
Apr 14, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar14 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.