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Tornado Warning 78, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 17, 2007, 7:44 PM CDT for Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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
- Oct 17, 2007, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2007, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 8:01 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Hattiesburg, MS | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOUSE...TREES DOWN...SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 59 CLOSED DUE TO DOWNED TREES. REPORTED BY HATTIESBURG EOC. |
| Oct 17, 8:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Hattiesburg, MS | *** 1 INJ *** TRUCK BLOWN FROM ROAD INTO TREES. DRIVER HOSPITALIZED. REPORTED BY HATTIESBURG EOC. |
| Oct 17, 8:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 N Hattiesburg, MS | *** 1 INJ *** NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND SNAPPED OFF. AROUND 25 TREES DOWN ON INTERSTATE 59. ROOF BLOWN OFF A GARAGE. MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOF OF A HOME. SEVERAL DOORS BROKEN OFF 2 METAL BUILDINGS. A CAR WAS BLOWN FROM INTERSTATE ENTRANCE RAMP WITH ONE MINOR INJURY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 1054 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 180044 TORJAN MSC035-073-180115- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0078.071018T0044Z-071018T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 744 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PETAL...HATTIESBURG... LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 744 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF WEST HATTIESBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WEST HATTIESBURG AND HATTIESBURG BY 755 PM CDT... RAWLS SPRINGS AND PETAL BY 800 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 3144 8943 3143 8917 3114 8936 3119 8951 TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 201DEG 32KT 3124 8939 $$ DHB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 43 min |
| Oct 17, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 28 min |
| Oct 17, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 30 min |
| Oct 17, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 32 min |
| Oct 17, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 56 min |
| Oct 17, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 50 min |
| Oct 17, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 38 min |
| Oct 17, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 51 min |
| Oct 17, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 22 min |
| Oct 17, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 46 min |
| Oct 18, 4:47 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | Adams, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin and 17 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 18, 1:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 28 min |
| Oct 18, 1:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 43 min |
| Oct 18, 1:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 49 min |
| Oct 18, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 51 min |
| Oct 18, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 48 min |
| Oct 18, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 41 min |
| Oct 18, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 23 min |
| Oct 18, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 43 min |
| Oct 18, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 50 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.