Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 77, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 1:46 AM CST for Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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 24, 2004, 1:46 AM CST (07:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2004, 2:30 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Neshoba County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 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, 8:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Nov 24, 12:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 240746 TORJAN MSC099-240830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 145 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA * UNTIL 230 AM CST * AT 145 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF PEARL RIVER RESORT...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF CARTHAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... PEARL RIVER RESORT BY 150 AM CST IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 200 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3293 8931 3267 8931 3275 8907 3292 8895 $$ CME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 48 min |
| Nov 23, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 30 min |
| Nov 23, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 35 min |
| Nov 23, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 42 min |
| Nov 23, 6:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 33 min |
| Nov 23, 6:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 33 min |
| Nov 23, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 15 min |
| Nov 23, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 66 min |
| Nov 23, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 47 min |
| Nov 23, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 49 min |
| Nov 23, 8:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 3 hr |
| Nov 23, 9:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 35 min |
| Nov 23, 9:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 25 min |
| Nov 23, 9:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 27 min |
| Nov 23, 9:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Leflore | 3 hr |
| Nov 23, 10:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 27 min |
| Nov 23, 10:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 38 min |
| Nov 23, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 49 min |
| Nov 23, 10:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 45 min |
| Nov 23, 10:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 34 min |
| Nov 23, 10:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 51 min |
| Nov 23, 11:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 39 min |
| Nov 23, 11:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Nov 23, 11:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 59 min |
| Nov 23, 11:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 55 min |
| Nov 23, 11:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 49 min |
| Nov 24, 12:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 12:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 58 min |
| Nov 24, 12:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 51 min |
| Nov 24, 12:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 29 min |
| Nov 24, 12:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 41 min |
| Nov 24, 12:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 12:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 12:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 38 min |
| Nov 24, 12:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 52 min |
| Nov 24, 1:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Rankin, Scott | 58 min |
| Nov 24, 1:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Nov 24, 1:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 64 min |
| Nov 24, 1:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 31 min |
| Nov 24, 1:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 38 min |
| Nov 24, 1:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Marion | 46 min |
| Nov 24, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 30 min |
| Nov 24, 2:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 57 min |
| Nov 24, 2:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 64 min |
| Nov 24, 2:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 41 min |
| Nov 24, 2:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 2:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 64 min |
| Nov 24, 2:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 58 min |
| Nov 24, 2:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 62 min |
| Nov 24, 2:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 2:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 47 min |
| Nov 24, 3:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 41 min |
| Nov 24, 3:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 23 min |
| Nov 24, 3:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 34 min |
| Nov 24, 4:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 24 min |
| Nov 24, 4:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 27 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.