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Tornado Warning 96, NWS Jackson, MS
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.
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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.
- 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
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 $$ 7
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KJAN 222223 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 523 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007 MSC055-125-151-222245- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0096.000000T0000Z-071022T2245Z/ WASHINGTON MS-SHARKEY MS-ISSAQUENA MS- 523 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN ISSAQUENA...NORTHERN SHARKEY AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...LOCATED NEAR PANTHER BURN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THERE WAS ANOTHER SEVERE STORM LOCATED NEAR GRACE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HOLLANDALE BY 530 PM CDT... DARLOVE BY 535 PM CDT... THE SECOND STORM WILL BE NEAR... NITTA YUMA BY 530 PM CDT... DELTA CITY BY 535 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3326 9080 3309 9071 3292 9104 3303 9113 TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 245DEG 32KT 3310 9091 $$ 7
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 4:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 23 more | 20 hr |
| Oct 22, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 34 min |
| Oct 22, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 30 min |
| Oct 22, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 24 min |
| Oct 22, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 43 min |
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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.