Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 71, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2007, 11:24 AM CDT for Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 min. 2 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, 11:24 AM CDT (16:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2007, 11:49 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 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, 11:40 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Ese Hattiesburg, MS | EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ONE HOME...HOME REPORTED UNINHABITABLE..NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. DAMAGE NEAR SUNRISE COMMUNITY. LIKELY TORNADO. |
| Apr 14, 11:41 AM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 5 Ese Petal, MS | SHORT EF1 TORNADO TRACK IN COUNTRY PARK DRIVE AREA EAST OF SUNRISE COMMUNITY. ONE HOME SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WITH AN ENCLOSED CARPORT DESTROYED...SEVERAL WINDOWS BUSTED OUT...AND OTHER SIDING AND ROOF DAMAGE. ANOTHER HOME SUFFERED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. NUME |
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 |
| Apr 14, 10:26 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 141624
TORJAN
MSC035-073-141715-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0071.070414T1624Z-070414T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1124 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...
LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
* AT 1124 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
PURVIS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAXTERVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OAKE RIDGE AND WEST HATTIESBURG BY 1130 AM CDT...
HATTIESBURG...7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMP SHELBY AND 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ROCK HILL BY 1135 AM CDT...
PETAL BY 1140 AM CDT...
MACEDONIA AND SUNRISE BY 1145 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 3129 8957 3106 8945 3117 8914 3143 8914
3144 8930
$$
GARRETT2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KJAN 141637 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1136 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 MSC073-141646- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-070414T1715Z/ LAMAR MS- 1136 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAMAR COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3135 8935 3106 8935 3117 8914 3143 8914 $$ MSC035-141715- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-070414T1715Z/ FORREST MS- 1136 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR FORREST COUNTY... AT 1136 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMP SHELBY... MOVING EAST AT 65 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 3135 8935 3106 8935 3117 8914 3143 8914 $$ GARRETT
000 WWUS54 KJAN 141649 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1149 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 MSC035-141659- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-070414T1715Z/ FORREST MS- 1149 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FORREST COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3135 8935 3106 8935 3117 8914 3143 8914 $$ GARRETT
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, 10:07 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, 11:27 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.