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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Jackson, MS

April 29, 2004Sharkey County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2004, 5:32 PM CDT for Sharkey County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2004, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sharkey County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 29, 5:35 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGAnguilla, MSTREE DOWN, POLE UPROOTED, AND PART OF A CHURCH BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 61.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 29, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2004-04-29Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2004-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1051 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 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.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 292232
TORJAN
MSC125-292315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
532 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   TORNADO NEAR ROLLING FORK...OR OVER ROLLING FORK...MOVING   
EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL SHARKEY COUNTY AT 550 PM CDT

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER
NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3290 9093 3298 9091 3302 9084 3304 9076
          3309 9065 3293 9065 3284 9076 3282 9088

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena46 min
Apr 29, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey43 min
Apr 29, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar46 min
Apr 29, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys58 min
Apr 29, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren78 min
Apr 29, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes44 min
Apr 29, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWarren61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.