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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS

February 5, 2004Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2004, 11:05 AM CST for Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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: Feb 5, 2004, 11:05 AM CST (17:05 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2004, 11:50 AM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 5, 5:40 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 44 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 547 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 845 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 051705
TORJAN
MSC123-129-051750-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1104 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWEST SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1150 AM CST

* AT 1104 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF POLKVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  MORTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR PULASKI BY 1115 AM
  NEAR FOREST BY 1130 AM

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME - TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3233 8971 3209 8973 3233 8940 3249 8950

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 5, 2:08 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena	3 hr
Feb 5, 2:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo	42 min
Feb 5, 6:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	60 min
Feb 5, 7:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Jefferson	59 min
Feb 5, 7:51 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams	6 hr
Feb 5, 8:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	60 min
Feb 5, 8:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	57 min
Feb 5, 8:23 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	57 min
Feb 5, 8:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	39 min
Feb 5, 8:40 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	6 hr
Feb 5, 8:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson	59 min
Feb 5, 9:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin	29 min
Feb 5, 9:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson	28 min
Feb 5, 9:14 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	6 hr
Feb 5, 9:16 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	59 min
Feb 5, 9:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	45 min
Feb 5, 9:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	19 min
Feb 5, 10:04 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Simpson	6 hr
Feb 5, 10:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	39 min
Feb 5, 10:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	50 min
Feb 5, 10:26 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Scott, Smith	6 hr
Feb 5, 10:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	44 min
Feb 5, 11:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	45 min
Feb 5, 11:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	44 min
Feb 5, 11:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Smith	44 min
Feb 5, 12:01 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	3 hr
Feb 5, 12:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	32 min
Feb 5, 12:20 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams	6 hr
Feb 5, 12:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	39 min
Feb 5, 12:41 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Newton	4 hr
Feb 5, 1:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton	45 min
Feb 5, 1:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	59 min
Feb 5, 1:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton	55 min
Feb 5, 1:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	48 min
Feb 5, 1:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	66 min
Feb 5, 1:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	58 min
Feb 5, 2:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	39 min
Feb 5, 2:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	37 min
Feb 5, 2:14 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	3 hr
Feb 5, 2:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	43 min
Feb 5, 2:58 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln, Rankin, Simpson	5 hr
Feb 5, 3:00 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	5 hr
Feb 5, 3:26 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	6 hr
Feb 5, 3:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	43 min
Feb 5, 3:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale, Newton	59 min
Feb 5, 4:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	58 min
Feb 5, 4:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	44 min
Feb 5, 4:26 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Smith	4 hr
Feb 5, 4:36 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	4 hr
Feb 5, 4:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	49 min
Feb 5, 5:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	30 min
Feb 5, 5:05 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lauderdale, Newton	4 hr
Feb 5, 5:16 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	4 hr
Feb 5, 5:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	36 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.