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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Jackson, MS

May 29, 2004Leflore County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2004, 7:42 PM CDT for Leflore County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
May 29, 2004, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2004, 8:25 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Leflore County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1444 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1444 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1174 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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

932 
WFUS54 KJAN 300042
TORJAN
MSC083-300125-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
742 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 825 PM CDT

* AT 735 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MINTER CITY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF RULEVILLE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MINTER CITY BY 750 PM CDT

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 3373 9051 3359 9038 3385 8992 3404 9010

$$

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.