Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 10:07 AM CST for Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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
- Mar 1, 2007, 10:07 AM CST (16:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 10:30 AM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lee County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:28 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 011607 TORMEG MSC081-011630- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0005.070301T1607Z-070301T1630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1007 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1030 AM CST * AT 1004 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR TUPELO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PRATTS FRIENDSHIP .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 3428 8882 3419 8877 3427 8856 3450 8854 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMEG 011612 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1012 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 MSC081-011630- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070301T1630Z/ LEE MS- 1012 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CST FOR LEE COUNTY... AT 1008 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TUPELO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PRATTS FRIENDSHIP .IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3428 8882 3419 8877 3427 8856 3450 8854 $$
000 WWUS54 KMEG 011619 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1019 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 MSC081-011630- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070301T1630Z/ LEE MS- 1019 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CST FOR LEE COUNTY... AT 1016 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUPELO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PRATTS FRIENDSHIP .IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY 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 3428 8882 3419 8877 3427 8854 3450 8854 $$
000 WWUS54 KMEG 011629 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1030 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 MSC081-011640- /O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070301T1630Z/ LEE MS- 1030 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LEE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1030 AM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. .A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3428 8882 3419 8877 3427 8854 3450 8854 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 12:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 23 min |
| Mar 1, 12:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 1:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 1:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 2:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 3:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 9:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 10:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 10:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 24 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.