Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2007, 6:59 PM CST for Yalobusha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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
- Feb 24, 2007, 6:59 PM CST (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2007, 7:24 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Yalobusha County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 250059
TORMEG
MSC161-250145-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0004.070225T0059Z-070225T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
659 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 745 PM CST
* AT 658 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COFFEEVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR
GRENADA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 95 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VELMA AND
WATER VALLEY
.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 3388 8968 3390 8983 3418 8974 3419 8961
3418 8955 3418 8952 3391 8952 3387 8957
3387 8967
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMEG 250124
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
724 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
MSC161-250134-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070225T0145Z/
YALOBUSHA MS-
724 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR YALOBUSHA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING IS NO LONGER A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TO
THE WARNED AREA.
.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3388 8968 3390 8983 3418 8974 3419 8961
3418 8955 3418 8952 3391 8952 3387 8957
3387 8967
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 30 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 |
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.