Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 107, NWS Jackson, MS
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 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.
- 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
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
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 9:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper | 3 hr |
| Dec 8, 11:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 48 min |
| Dec 9, 12:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 40 min |
| Dec 9, 12:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 12:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Warren | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:06 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin | 4 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 4 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Simpson | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 46 min |
| Dec 9, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Madison | 80 min |
| Dec 9, 3:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 45 min |
| Dec 9, 3:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 33 min |
| Dec 9, 4:10 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Newton | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 4:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 50 min |
| Dec 9, 4:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 28 min |
| Dec 9, 4:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 36 min |
| Dec 9, 4:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 47 min |
| Dec 9, 5:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 55 min |
| Dec 9, 5:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Dec 9, 5:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 22 min |
| Dec 9, 6:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 40 min |
| Dec 9, 6:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 26 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.