Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 52, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 23, 2004, 5:31 PM CDT for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 59 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
- Oct 23, 2004, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 23, 2004, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Holmes County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 88 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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 232231 TORJAN MSC051-232330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 531 PM CDT SAT OCT 23 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 531 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF COXBURG...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF YAZOO CITY... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... LEXINGTON BY 550 PM CDT IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...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 3312 9031 3301 9031 3293 8995 3313 8985 $$ CME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys | 36 min |
| Oct 23, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 44 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.