Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 4:35 AM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 55 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
- Feb 13, 2007, 4:35 AM CST (10:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2007, 5:30 AM CST
- In force
- 55 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), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2:43 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 131036 TORJAN MSC035-131130- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0008.070213T1035Z-070213T1130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 435 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 530 AM CST * AT 435 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER PEARL RIVER COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL FORREST COUNTY AT 510 AM CST IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 3106 8934 3091 8934 3093 8913 3115 8915 $$ CME
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KJAN 131107 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 506 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 MSC035-131130- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070213T1130Z/ FORREST MS- 506 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN FORREST COUNTY... AT 506 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER PEARL RIVER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF POPLARVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. STRONG ROTATION WAS NOTED WITH STORM. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHERN FORREST COUNTY AT 520 AM CST IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3106 8934 3092 8934 3093 8913 3115 8915 $$ CME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 29 min |
| Feb 13, 2:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 38 min |
| Feb 13, 3:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 45 min |
| Feb 13, 3:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Feb 13, 3:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 36 min |
| Feb 13, 3:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 27 min |
| Feb 13, 4:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 39 min |
| Feb 13, 4:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 38 min |
| Feb 13, 4:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 27 min |
| Feb 13, 4:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Feb 13, 4:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 37 min |
| Feb 13, 5:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 28 min |
| Feb 13, 5:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 40 min |
| Feb 13, 5:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 33 min |
| Feb 13, 5:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 29 min |
| Feb 13, 3:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 36 min |
| Feb 13, 3:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 41 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.