Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 97, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 22, 2007, 6:38 PM CDT for Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2007, 7:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 222340 TORJAN MSC035-073-230030- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0097.071022T2338Z-071023T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 638 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HATTIESBURG... SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUMBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PURVIS AND ROCK HILL BY 655 PM CDT... 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCLAURIN BY 705 PM CDT... WEST HATTIESBURG BY 715 PM CDT... HATTIESBURG AND SUNRISE BY 720 PM CDT... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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 3102 8960 3135 8937 3134 8913 3100 8923 TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 205DEG 33KT 3097 8947 $$ 40
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 222358
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
658 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
MSC035-073-230030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0097.000000T0000Z-071023T0030Z/
FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-
658 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
LAMAR AND CENTRAL FORREST COUNTIES...
AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCK HILL...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF
HATTIESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MCLAURIN BY 705 PM CDT...
SUNRISE AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HATTIESBURG BY 715 PM CDT...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3105 8944 3134 8931 3134 8913 3123 8916
3122 8917 3111 8920 3111 8921 3105 8921
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 206DEG 41KT 3111 8930
$$
40000
WWUS54 KJAN 230021
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
718 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
MSC035-073-230028-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0097.000000T0000Z-071023T0030Z/
FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-
718 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LAMAR AND CENTRAL FORREST COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
AT 718 PM...THE STORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF SUNRISE AND HAD
WEAKENED AS IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 98 ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HATTIESBURG SINCE 7 PM. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE
IN NORTHEAST FORREST COUNTY THROUGH 730PM.
LAT...LON 3105 8944 3134 8931 3134 8913 3123 8916
3122 8917 3111 8920 3111 8921 3105 8921
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 206DEG 38KT 3131 8919
$$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, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 52 min |
| Oct 22, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 24 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.