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Tornado Warning 101, NWS Jackson, MS

December 7, 2004Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 7, 2004, 2:31 AM CST for Rankin 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
Dec 7, 2004, 2:31 AM CST (08:31 UTC)
Expired
Dec 7, 2004, 3:15 AM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rankin County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 6, 11:20 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 16 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2004-12-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 278 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2004-12-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 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
278 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 070831 CCA
TORJAN
MSC121-070915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
228 AM CST TUE DEC 7 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 315 AM CST

* AT 228 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LOWER      
  ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PELAHATCHIE BY 245 AM CST

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.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS IN 
SOUTHERN RANKIN COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3245 9005 3228 9013 3230 8973 3254 8978

$$

GRG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 6, 6:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo27 min
Dec 6, 11:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey, Washington46 min
Dec 7, 12:05 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower40 min
Dec 7, 12:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey56 min
Dec 7, 12:34 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore41 min
Dec 7, 12:44 AM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Sharkey46 min
Dec 7, 12:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren43 min
Dec 7, 12:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo38 min
Dec 7, 12:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne63 min
Dec 7, 1:12 AM CSTTornado WarningJANGrenada33 min
Dec 7, 1:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo38 min
Dec 7, 1:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds64 min
Dec 7, 1:31 AM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes29 min
Dec 7, 1:36 AM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds54 min
Dec 7, 1:37 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Montgomery53 min
Dec 7, 1:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Franklin, Jefferson51 min
Dec 7, 1:44 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery, Webster31 min
Dec 7, 1:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo25 min
Dec 7, 1:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw33 min
Dec 7, 1:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah62 min
Dec 7, 2:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin53 min
Dec 7, 2:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Madison46 min
Dec 7, 2:23 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Winston37 min
Dec 7, 2:28 AM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin47 min
Dec 7, 2:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Oktibbeha, Webster43 min
Dec 7, 2:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott57 min
Dec 7, 2:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Neshoba36 min
Dec 7, 2:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson65 min
Dec 7, 2:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith63 min
Dec 7, 2:59 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee, Winston46 min
Dec 7, 3:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha31 min
Dec 7, 3:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence45 min
Dec 7, 3:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton41 min
Dec 7, 3:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba32 min
Dec 7, 3:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper38 min
Dec 7, 3:41 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes34 min
Dec 7, 3:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper63 min
Dec 7, 3:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington58 min
Dec 7, 3:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale56 min
Dec 7, 4:03 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper42 min
Dec 7, 4:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke50 min
Dec 7, 4:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones56 min
Dec 7, 4:43 AM CSTTornado WarningJANMarion62 min
Dec 7, 4:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale31 min
Dec 7, 4:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar64 min
Dec 7, 5:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest60 min
Dec 7, 5:07 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar53 min
Dec 7, 5:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke31 min
Dec 7, 6:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.