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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS

February 13, 2007Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 4:40 AM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 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: Feb 13, 2007, 4:40 AM CST (10:40 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 2007, 5:30 AM CST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lauderdale County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 13, 4:47 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Collinsville, MS	SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADS NEAR COLLINSVILLE. LARGE PINE TREES ACROSS COLLINSVILLE MARTIN RD AND WEST LAUDERDALE RD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 131040
TORJAN
MSC075-131145-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0009.070213T1040Z-070213T1145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
440 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MERIDIAN STATION...MERIDIAN

* UNTIL 545 AM CST

* AT 440 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
  NELLIEBURG...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NELLIEBURG BY 450 AM CST
  MERIDIAN BY 455 AM CST
  MARION BY 500 AM CST

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. 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 3257 8892 3224 8891 3224 8846 3257 8841

$$
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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 131101
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
500 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

MSC075-131145-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070213T1145Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-
500 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CST FOR
LAUDERDALE COUNTY...

AT 500 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...6 
MILES WEST OF MERIDIAN STATION...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MERIDIAN STATION BY 505 AM CST

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. 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 3257 8892 3224 8891 3224 8846 3257 8841

$$
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000 
WWUS54 KJAN 131130
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
529 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

MSC075-131139-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070213T1145Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-
529 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNDAO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3257 8892 3224 8891 3224 8846 3257 8841

$$
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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, 4:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.