"Early Spring Severe Weather"
Severe Weather of February 24, 2007
The spring of 2007 seems to have started a bit early
with the region seeing its first severe weather outbreak. A large
and powerful storm system took shape as a deep surface low tracked
across Kansas and into portions of Iowa on Feb 24th. This strong
area of low pressure was driven by a powerful upper level trough
which supported very strong winds through the entire atmosphere.
These winds were felt at the surface to some degree as a large
area across the Lower Mississippi River Valley saw sustained winds between
25-35 mph with gusts between 40-50 mph. Below are some measured
winds across the service area which occured in advance of the
severe weather:
Station |
ID |
Sustained wind (mph) |
Peak wind (mph) |
Jackon International Airport |
JAN |
31 |
43 |
Key Field - Meridian Airport |
MEI |
31 |
40 |
Vicksburg - Tallulah Regional Airport |
TVR |
38 |
44 |
Greenville Airport |
GLH |
38 |
47 |
Greenwood - Leflore Airport |
GWO |
41 |
52 |
Hattiesburg Chain Municipal |
HBG |
28 |
35 |
Natchez - Adams County Airport |
HEZ |
31 |
43 |
Hawkins Field - Jackson |
HKS |
36 |
45 |
Those gradient winds, in advance of the severe weather,
were strong enough to down some trees and power lines across the
region. Those damage reports were more scattered in nature.
Those strong winds from the deepening surface low
helped to draw northward moisture and instability. The strong
winds allowed for the environment to become highly sheared. Basically,
there were increasing winds with height and a change in the wind
direction as well. This particular combination of instability
and high shear was quite rare. However, this set the stage for
a severe weather outbreak which included damaging winds, large
hail and tornadoes. Below is a regional view of the severe weather
reports from Feb 24th.
Select links below to view details about specific
storms. Each location will contain damage photos from area storm
surveys and radar images matching the event.
Catahoula - Concordia
Tornado (EF-2)
Rankin County Tornado (EF-1)
Newton County Tornado (EF-1)
Sunflower County Tornado (EF-1)
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