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Tornado Warning 91, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 7, 2004, 12:05 AM CST for Leflore County, Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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
- Dec 7, 2004, 12:05 AM CST (06:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2004, 12:45 AM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Leflore County, MS, Sunflower County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 11:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 070605 TORJAN MSC083-133-070645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1204 AM CST TUE DEC 7 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ITTA BENA SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...INDIANOLA * UNTIL 1245 AM CST * AT 1204 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INVERNESS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... INDIANOLA BY 1210 AM CST MOORHEAD AND SUNFLOWER BY 1215 AM CST 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ITTA BENA BY 1220 AM CST MINTER CITY BY 1235 AM CST HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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 3337 9076 3327 9057 3368 9014 3382 9049 $$ ERA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 27 min |
| Dec 6, 11:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Washington | 46 min |
| Dec 7, 12:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 56 min |
| Dec 7, 12:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Leflore | 41 min |
| Dec 7, 12:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Sharkey | 46 min |
| Dec 7, 12:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 43 min |
| Dec 7, 12:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 38 min |
| Dec 7, 12:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 63 min |
| Dec 7, 1:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 33 min |
| Dec 7, 1:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 38 min |
| Dec 7, 1:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 64 min |
| Dec 7, 1:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 29 min |
| Dec 7, 1:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 54 min |
| Dec 7, 1:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 53 min |
| Dec 7, 1:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 51 min |
| Dec 7, 1:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery, Webster | 31 min |
| Dec 7, 1:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 25 min |
| Dec 7, 1:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 33 min |
| Dec 7, 1:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 62 min |
| Dec 7, 2:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 53 min |
| Dec 7, 2:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison | 46 min |
| Dec 7, 2:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Winston | 37 min |
| Dec 7, 2:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 47 min |
| Dec 7, 2:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 44 min |
| Dec 7, 2:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 43 min |
| Dec 7, 2:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 57 min |
| Dec 7, 2:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 36 min |
| Dec 7, 2:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 65 min |
| Dec 7, 2:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 63 min |
| Dec 7, 2:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 46 min |
| Dec 7, 3:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 31 min |
| Dec 7, 3:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 45 min |
| Dec 7, 3:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 41 min |
| Dec 7, 3:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 32 min |
| Dec 7, 3:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 38 min |
| Dec 7, 3:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 34 min |
| Dec 7, 3:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 63 min |
| Dec 7, 3:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 58 min |
| Dec 7, 3:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 56 min |
| Dec 7, 4:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 42 min |
| Dec 7, 4:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 50 min |
| Dec 7, 4:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 56 min |
| Dec 7, 4:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 62 min |
| Dec 7, 4:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 31 min |
| Dec 7, 4:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 64 min |
| Dec 7, 5:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 60 min |
| Dec 7, 5:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 53 min |
| Dec 7, 5:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 31 min |
| Dec 7, 6:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 44 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.