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Tornado Warning 96, NWS Jackson, MS

October 22, 2007Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Washington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 22, 2007, 4:53 PM CDT for Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 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 22, 2007, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Oct 22, 2007, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Issaquena County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2007-10-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 279 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2007-10-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 222154
TORJAN
MSC055-125-151-222245-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0096.071022T2153Z-071022T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
453 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOLLANDALE...
  NORTHERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 453 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADO NEAR GLEN ALLAN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EUDORA...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GRACE BY 500 PM CDT...
  PANTHER BURN AND NITTA YUMA BY 510 PM CDT...
  DELTA CITY AND HOLLANDALE BY 515 PM CDT...
  DELTA CITY BY 520 PM CDT...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF DARLOVE BY 525 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 3326 9080 3309 9071 3292 9104 3303 9113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 248DEG 34KT 3302 9106

$$
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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 222223
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
523 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007

MSC055-125-151-222245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0096.000000T0000Z-071022T2245Z/
WASHINGTON MS-SHARKEY MS-ISSAQUENA MS-
523 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
ISSAQUENA...NORTHERN SHARKEY AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE  
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A 
TORNADO...LOCATED NEAR PANTHER BURN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. 
THERE WAS ANOTHER SEVERE STORM LOCATED NEAR GRACE MOVING NORTHEAST 
NEAR 35 MPH. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLLANDALE BY 530 PM CDT...
  DARLOVE BY 535 PM CDT...

THE  SECOND STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NITTA YUMA BY 530 PM CDT...
  DELTA CITY BY 535 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 3326 9080 3309 9071 3292 9104 3303 9113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 245DEG 32KT 3310 9091

$$
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 22, 4:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchJANAdams, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 23 more20 hr
Oct 22, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena34 min
Oct 22, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWashington30 min
Oct 22, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion24 min
Oct 22, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar43 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.