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Tornado Warning 107, NWS Jackson, MS

December 9, 2004Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 9, 2004, 4:02 AM CST for Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 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 9, 2004, 4:02 AM CST (10:02 UTC)
Expired
Dec 9, 2004, 4:30 AM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 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 nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 2004-12-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2004-12-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 091002
TORJAN
MSC129-091030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
402 AM CST THU DEC 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 AM CST

* AT 402 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  RALEIGH...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAGEE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BURNS BY 410 AM CST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

LAT...LON 3206 8965 3194 8965 3205 8935 3222 8936
      3222 8956

$$

CME

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 9:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper3 hr
Dec 8, 11:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren48 min
Dec 9, 12:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams40 min
Dec 9, 12:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams3 hr
Dec 9, 12:49 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANWarren3 hr
Dec 9, 2:06 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANFranklin3 hr
Dec 9, 2:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLincoln4 hr
Dec 9, 2:27 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANRankin4 hr
Dec 9, 2:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston4 hr
Dec 9, 3:28 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANSimpson3 hr
Dec 9, 3:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson46 min
Dec 9, 3:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANMadison80 min
Dec 9, 3:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence45 min
Dec 9, 3:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith33 min
Dec 9, 4:10 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Neshoba, Newton3 hr
Dec 9, 4:25 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNewton, Scott50 min
Dec 9, 4:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper28 min
Dec 9, 4:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington36 min
Dec 9, 4:58 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper47 min
Dec 9, 5:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale55 min
Dec 9, 5:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln36 min
Dec 9, 5:53 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee22 min
Dec 9, 6:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion40 min
Dec 9, 6:34 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis26 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.