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Tornado Warning 92, NWS Jackson, MS

October 18, 2007Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 6:44 PM CDT for Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Oct 18, 2007, 7:27 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 18, 7:28 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sse Hattiesburg, MS	TREE LIMB ON POWER LINE ON SOUTHSIDE OF TOWN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 2019 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 7.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 182344
TORJAN
MSC035-073-190030-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0092.071018T2344Z-071019T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 644 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADO NEAR LUMBERTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF POPLARVILLE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LUMBERTON BY 650 PM CDT...
  PURVIS BY 710 PM CDT...
  ROCK HILL BY 720 PM CDT...
  MCLAURIN AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROOKLYN BY 730 PM CDT...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 3101 8950 3100 8962 3103 8964 3131 8926
      3114 8912 3109 8912 3098 8934 3100 8935
      3100 8940 3097 8945
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 235DEG 17KT 3101 8949

$$

BYB

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 190006
SVSJAN

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

MSC035-073-190030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-071019T0030Z/
FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-
706 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR AND CENTRAL FORREST COUNTIES...

AT 706 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCK HILL...OR ABOUT 17
MILES SOUTH OF HATTIESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCK HILL BY 715 PM CDT...
  MCLAURIN BY 730 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 3111 8946 3127 8924 3114 8912 3109 8912
      3100 8933 3102 8937 3100 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 247DEG 18KT 3108 8935

$$

BYB

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 190027
SVSJAN

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

MSC035-073-190037-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-071019T0030Z/
FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-
727 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR AND CENTRAL FORREST
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED...ALTHOUGH 
IT STILL COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.

LAT...LON 3111 8946 3127 8924 3114 8912 3109 8912
      3100 8933 3102 8937 3100 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 247DEG 18KT 3112 8924

$$

BYB

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, 1:54 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, 6:55 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.