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Tornado Warning 91, NWS Jackson, MS

October 18, 2007Lowndes County, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 1:54 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Oktibbeha 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 18, 2007, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired: Oct 18, 2007, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lowndes County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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
Oct 18, 2:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Se Columbus, MS	2 TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON NASH RD.

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 18, 1:31 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 234 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 331 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 181853
TORJAN
MSC087-105-181945-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0091.071018T1854Z-071018T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
154 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS...
  SOUTHEASTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 154 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENT OAK...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  STARKVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BENT OAK BY 220 PM CDT...
  COLUMBUS BY 240 PM CDT...
  STEENS BY 245 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 3363 8827 3337 8830 3329 8871 3337 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 233DEG 24KT 3333 8869

$$

MME

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 181917
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
218 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

MSC105-181928-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-071018T1945Z/
OKTIBBEHA MS-
218 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3363 8827 3343 8829 3342 8830 3337 8830
      3331 8859 3332 8861 3330 8866 3331 8867
      3342 8867
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 241DEG 21KT 3341 8854

$$

MSC087-181945-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-071018T1945Z/
LOWNDES MS-
218 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR LOWNDES
COUNTY...

AT 218 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BENT OAK...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COLUMBUS AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STEENS BY 245 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 3363 8827 3343 8829 3342 8830 3337 8830
      3331 8859 3332 8861 3330 8866 3331 8867
      3342 8867
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 241DEG 21KT 3341 8854

$$

MME

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, 8:27 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 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, 1:57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.