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Tornado Warning 94, NWS Jackson, MS

December 7, 2004Holmes County, Humphreys County, Sharkey County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 7, 2004, 12:44 AM CST for Holmes County, Humphreys County, Sharkey County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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, 12:44 AM CST (06:44 UTC)
Expired: Dec 7, 2004, 1:30 AM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Sharkey County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 070644
TORJAN
MSC051-053-125-070730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1243 AM CST TUE DEC 7 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELZONI
  SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 130 AM CST

* AT 1243 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  ANGUILLA...OR ABOUT NEAR ROLLING FORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BELZONI BY 105 AM CST
  TCHULA BY 115 AM CST

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.

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 3295 9088 3283 9077 3323 9004 3325 9046

$$

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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, 12:05 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leflore, Sunflower	40 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, 12:47 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

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.