Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2004

Tornado Warning 16, NWS Jackson, MS

March 5, 2004Attala County, Carroll County, Montgomery County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 5, 2004, 5:57 PM CST for Attala County, Carroll County, Montgomery County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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
Mar 5, 2004, 5:57 PM CST (23:57 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2004, 6:45 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Montgomery County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 5, 5:40 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 12:00Z on 2004-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 75 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 12:00Z on 2004-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 283 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
75 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 052357
TORJAN
MSC007-015-097-060045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
557 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 557 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF DURANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR I-55 EXIT 174 AT 610 PM CST
  BE NEAR VAIDEN AT 615 PM CST
  BE NEAR KILMICHAEL AT 625 PM CST

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME - TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3346 8950 3346 8945 3332 8947 3323 8960
          3311 8982 3323 8974 3326 8983 3328 8992
          3347 8965 3351 8952

$$

CRAVEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 4:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey4 hr
Mar 5, 5:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Montgomery60 min
Mar 5, 5:51 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes29 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2004Every tornado warning in 2004Tornadoes in 2004

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.