Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 76, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 17, 2007, 6:51 PM CDT for Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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
- Oct 17, 2007, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2007, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Marion County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 172351
TORJAN
MSC091-180015-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0076.071017T2351Z-071018T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
651 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KOKOMO...COLUMBIA...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 651 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
KOKOMO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MORGANTOWN...HOLLY SPRINGS AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA BY 705
PM CDT...
GOSS BY 710 PM CDT...
BUNKER HILL BY 715 PM 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 3115 8999 3127 9004 3139 8999 3140 8994
3139 8984 3141 8982 3143 8971 3109 8989
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 206DEG 33KT 3120 8999
$$
DHB1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KJAN 180000
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
700 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
MSC091-180015-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-071018T0015Z/
MARION MS-
700 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR MARION
COUNTY...
AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF HOLLY
SPRINGS...OR ABOUT NEAR KOKOMO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HOLLY SPRINGS BY 705 PM CDT...
MORGANTOWN BY 710 PM CDT...
GOSS AND 7 MILES WEST OF BUNKER HILL BY 715 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3121 9001 3127 9004 3139 8999 3140 8994
3139 8992 3139 8984 3141 8982 3143 8971
3121 8997
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 204DEG 29KT 3125 8997
$$
DHBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 11:09 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 13 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.