Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 87, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 17, 2007, 9:59 PM CDT for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2007, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Holmes County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 180259 TORJAN MSC051-180345- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0087.071018T0259Z-071018T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 959 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 959 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COXBURG...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF THORNTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TOLARVILLE BY 1005 PM CDT... HOWARD AND BROZVILLE BY 1010 PM CDT... LEXINGTON BY 1020 PM CDT... 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN BY 1035 PM CDT... EMORY BY 1040 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 3332 9008 3323 8977 3296 9018 3304 9036 TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 229DEG 31KT 3303 9027 $$ DHB
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KJAN 180319
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1020 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
MSC051-180345-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-071018T0345Z/
HOLMES MS-
1020 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR HOLMES
COUNTY...
AT 1020 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROZVILLE...OR
ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF THORNTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LEXINGTON BY 1025 PM CDT...
BOWLING GREEN BY 1040 PM CDT...
EMORY BY 1045 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3328 8997 3323 8977 3320 8982 3319 8983
3302 9010 3308 9021 3331 9002
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 233DEG 31KT 3310 9011
$$
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, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 51 min |
| Oct 17, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 22 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 |
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.