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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 17, 2007, 8:27 PM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2007, 8:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jones County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 8:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ellisville, MS | FEW TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY JONES COUNTY S.O. |
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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 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 180127 TORJAN MSC067-180215- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0080.071018T0127Z-071018T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 827 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUREL...ELLISVILLE... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 827 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOSELLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF PETAL... MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ELLISVILLE BY 850 PM CDT... TUCKERS CROSSING BY 900 PM CDT... LAUREL BY 910 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 3173 8922 3168 8899 3144 8914 3144 8930 TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 200DEG 20KT 3146 8921 $$ DHB
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KJAN 180157 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 858 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 MSC067-180208- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-071018T0215Z/ JONES MS- 858 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JONES COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. LAT...LON 3173 8922 3168 8899 3144 8914 3144 8930 TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 200DEG 20KT 3162 8914 $$ 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, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 31 min |
| Oct 17, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 28 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.