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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2004, 4:06 PM CST for Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 24 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
- Nov 23, 2004, 4:06 PM CST (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2004, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chicot County, AR
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 232206 TORJAN ARC017-232230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 405 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAKE VILLAGE * UNTIL 430 PM CST * AT 405 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE VILLAGE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF EUDORA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... LAKE VILLAGE BY 410 PM CST IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3325 9147 3312 9135 3340 9112 3354 9119 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 4:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 23 min |
| Nov 23, 5:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 38 min |
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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.