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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Jackson, MS

September 13, 2007Adams County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 13, 2007, 4:53 PM CDT for Adams County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 2007, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2007, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Adams County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2007-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1057 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2007-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1057 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 132153
TORJAN
MSC001-132230-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0074.070913T2153Z-070913T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
453 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NATCHEZ...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 453 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  NATCHEZ...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  STANTON AND CRANFIELD BY 510 PM CDT...
  STANTON BY 515 PM CDT...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 3167 9130 3162 9120 3154 9115 3142 9136
      3152 9147
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 229DEG 21KT 3155 9134

$$

DHB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 132208
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
508 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2007

MSC001-132230-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070913T2230Z/
ADAMS MS-
508 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR ADAMS
COUNTY...

AT 508 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STANTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
EAST OF NATCHEZ...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  STANTON BY 515 PM CDT...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 9136 3166 9131 3166 9127 3163 9121
      3160 9119 3151 9130
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 229DEG 21KT 3160 9126

$$

DHB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 4:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchJANAdams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more28 hr
Sep 13, 9:49 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJANAdams, Attala, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 28 more13 hr
Sep 13, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson40 min
Sep 13, 5:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANWarren3 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.