Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 85, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 17, 2007, 9:39 PM CDT for Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2007, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 10:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Benton, MS | TREE DOWN IN YARD OF RESIDENCE |
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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 180240
TORJAN
MSC163-180330-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0085.071018T0239Z-071018T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
939 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YAZOO CITY...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 939 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
PHOENIX...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF REDWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TINSLEY BY 950 PM CDT...
LITTLE YAZOO BY 955 PM CDT...
YAZOO CITY BY 1005 PM CDT...
BENTON BY 1010 PM CDT...
MIDWAY BY 1015 PM CDT...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS
BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...
OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER
UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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 3256 9065 3262 9068 3270 9066 3293 9051
3293 9044 3303 9043 3303 9035 3287 8996
3271 9009 3265 9029 3261 9033 3251 9053
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 213DEG 39KT 3259 9052
$$
OLB1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KJAN 180252
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
952 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
MSC163-180330-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-071018T0330Z/
YAZOO MS-
952 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR YAZOO
COUNTY...
AT 952 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BENTONIA...OR ABOUT 15
MILES SOUTH OF YAZOO CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MYRLEVILLE BY 1000 PM CDT...
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YAZOO CITY BY 1005 PM CDT...
BENTON BY 1010 PM CDT...
MIDWAY AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EDEN BY 1015 PM CDT...
LAT...LON 3265 9052 3302 9034 3287 8996 3265 9029
3261 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 219DEG 41KT 3268 9041
$$
DHBThe 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, 8:27 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, 9:55 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.