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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, MS

January 25, 2004Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2004, 6:26 AM CST for Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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
Jan 25, 2004, 6:26 AM CST (12:26 UTC)
Expired
Jan 25, 2004, 7:10 AM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2004-01-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 60 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2004-01-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 345 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
906 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

407 
WFUS54 KJAN 251226
TORJAN
MSC127-129-251310-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
625 AM CST SUN JAN 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  EASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 710 AM CST

* AT 625 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF RALEIGH...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
  MAGEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BETWEEN RALEIGH AND BURNS BY 640 AM.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.

LAT...LON 3205 8976 3190 8967 3211 8933 3221 8935
          3220 8957

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 25, 2:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams44 min
Jan 25, 5:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence30 min
Jan 25, 5:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson37 min
Jan 25, 9:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington45 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.