Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2007, 6:42 PM CST for Lafayette County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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
- Feb 24, 2007, 6:42 PM CST (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2007, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lafayette County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:15 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Oxford, MS | TREES AND A FEW POWER LINES DOWN IN THE OXFORD AREA...AND ALONG COUNTY ROAD 377 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 1:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2409 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMEG 250041
TORMEG
MSC071-250115-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0003.070225T0042Z-070225T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
642 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 715 PM CST
* AT 637 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR BURGESS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF WATER VALLEY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 90 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OXFORD...
TULA...DENMARK AND CAMBRIDGE
.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.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3424 8963 3432 8970 3435 8970 3439 8965
3454 8964 3453 8943 3453 8930 3450 8925
3440 8925 3421 8933 3421 8958
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMEG 250053
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
654 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
MSC071-250115-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070225T0115Z/
LAFAYETTE MS-
654 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR LAFAYETTE
COUNTY...
AT 650 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OXFORD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ABBEVILLE AND CAMBRIDGE
LAT...LON 3424 8963 3432 8970 3435 8970 3439 8965
3454 8964 3453 8943 3453 8930 3450 8925
3440 8925 3421 8933 3421 8958
$$000
WWUS54 KMEG 250115
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
716 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
MSC071-250126-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070225T0115Z/
LAFAYETTE MS-
716 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAFAYETTE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 715 PM CST...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3424 8963 3432 8970 3435 8970 3439 8965
3454 8964 3453 8943 3453 8930 3450 8925
3440 8925 3421 8933 3421 8958
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 6:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 7:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 114 min |
| Feb 24, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.