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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Jackson, MS

April 6, 2005Leake County, Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2005, 2:03 PM CDT for Leake County, Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2005, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2005, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Leake County, MS, Madison County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Apr 6, 11:05 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 50 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: 268 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 278 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 332 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 6, 11:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 11:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1115 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005

.DISCUSSION...UPDATED ZONES AGAIN TO INCLUDE NEW TORNADO WATCH #131
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 00Z TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES THE ENTIRE CWA. /CAB/

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM WEDNESDAY FOR
     MSZ058-MSZ066-MSZ074-MSZ073-MSZ072-MSZ057-MSZ065-MSZ064.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.

&&

CAB

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 12:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
071107-
ADAMS-ASHLEY-ATTALA-BOLIVAR-CARROLL-CATAHOULA-CHICOT-CHOCTAW-
CLAIBORNE-CLARKE-CLAY-CONCORDIA-COPIAH-COVINGTON-EAST CARROLL-
FORREST-FRANKLIN LA-FRANKLIN MS-GRENADA-HINDS-HOLMES-HUMPHREYS-
ISSAQUENA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-JONES-KEMPER-LAMAR-
LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEAKE-LEFLORE-LINCOLN-LOWNDES-MADISON LA-
MADISON MS-MARION-MONTGOMERY-MOREHOUSE-NESHOBA-NEWTON-NOXUBEE-
OKTIBBEHA-RANKIN-RICHLAND-SCOTT-SHARKEY-SIMPSON-SMITH-SUNFLOWER-
TENSAS-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WEST CARROLL-WINSTON-YAZOO-
1229 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...THUNDERSTORMS...
SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE  TODAY OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK
AREA...WITH THE GREATEST RISK OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS
OF MISSISSIPPI. A COMBINATION OF VERY UNSTABLE AIR...STRONG WIND
SHEAR...AND AN APPROACHING STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...HAVE SET
THE STAGE FOR A SEVERE WEATHER EVENT THAT COULD LAST INTO THE
EVENING HOURS.

NUMEROUS TORNADIC SUPERCELLS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. THE MAIN FOCUS OF
THE TORNADIC ACTIVITY IS ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR AND POINTS SOUTH
(AND EAST OF I-55.)

A SECOND ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AS A SQUALL LINE DEVELOPS TO THE WEST AND MOVES EAST
THROUGH THE AREA. EVIDENCE OF ITS DEVELOPMENT CAN BE SEEN OVER
EASTERN LOUISIANA. THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH ROUND 2 WILL BE
WINDS...HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. KEEP IN MIND THAT ROUND 1 IS
STILL ONGOING IN THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN ZONES. THE PRIMARY
CONCERNS WITH THIS FIRST ROUND REMAIN FOR VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES
AND HAIL.

...FLOODING...
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
TODAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY OCCUR
OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A LINE OF STORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA WILL
BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE OF STORMS CURRENTLY MOVING SLOWLY TO
THE EAST. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE IN THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A PRENTISS TO QUITMAN
LINE. IN THAT AREA...A FLASH  FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...HAM RADIO
OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF
SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL BE REQUIRED TODAY AND MAY BE
REQUIRED THIS EVENING.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 1:33 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
133 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0105 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     4 N ENTERPRISE          32.23N 88.81W
04/06/2005                   LAUDERDALE         MS   AMATEUR RADIO

1253 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     ENTERPRISE              32.17N 88.81W
04/06/2005                   CLARKE             MS   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

LJW/MW

Local storm report, Apr 6, 1:42 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
142 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1253 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     ENTERPRISE              32.17N 88.81W
04/06/2005                   CLARKE             MS   AMATEUR RADIO

1253 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     4 N ENTERPRISE          32.23N 88.81W
04/06/2005                   LAUDERDALE         MS   AMATEUR RADIO

0135 PM     HAIL             MINTER CITY             33.75N 90.29W
04/06/2005  0.75 INCH        LEFLORE            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

DB

Local storm report, Apr 6, 1:45 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
145 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0145 PM     HAIL             BRANDON                 32.28N 90.00W
04/06/2005  0.25 INCH        RANKIN             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PEA SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT THE EOC BUILDING

&&

DB

Local storm report, Apr 6, 1:49 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
149 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0148 PM     HAIL             2 N BRANDON             32.31N 90.00W
04/06/2005  0.88 INCH        RANKIN             MS   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

DB

Local storm report, Apr 6, 1:56 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
156 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 PM     FLASH FLOOD      GRENADA                 33.78N 89.81W
04/06/2005                   GRENADA            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER IN HOMES IN GRENADA AND DEER FIELD AREAS REPORTED
            BY EOC.

&&

LJW/MW

Local storm report, Apr 6, 2:01 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
201 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0148 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 NE CLINTON            32.35N 90.32W
04/06/2005                   HINDS              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

DB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 4:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey	58 min
Apr 6, 4:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sharkey, Yazoo	67 min
Apr 6, 4:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys	48 min
Apr 6, 5:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	57 min
Apr 6, 5:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	70 min
Apr 6, 5:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada	53 min
Apr 6, 5:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Montgomery	55 min
Apr 6, 6:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes	41 min
Apr 6, 6:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah	49 min
Apr 6, 6:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Yazoo	70 min
Apr 6, 6:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Webster	64 min
Apr 6, 6:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	65 min
Apr 6, 7:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	60 min
Apr 6, 7:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	54 min
Apr 6, 7:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	JAN	Rankin, Scott	64 min
Apr 6, 8:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	44 min
Apr 6, 8:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake	67 min
Apr 6, 8:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson	48 min
Apr 6, 8:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Madison	42 min
Apr 6, 8:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	56 min
Apr 6, 8:21 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	39 min
Apr 6, 8:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	58 min
Apr 6, 8:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	26 min
Apr 6, 8:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Neshoba	64 min
Apr 6, 8:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	60 min
Apr 6, 8:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	62 min
Apr 6, 9:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson	43 min
Apr 6, 9:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	65 min
Apr 6, 9:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	2 hr
Apr 6, 9:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Winston	55 min
Apr 6, 9:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Scott, Smith	63 min
Apr 6, 9:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	60 min
Apr 6, 9:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	4 hr
Apr 6, 9:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	50 min
Apr 6, 9:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore	60 min
Apr 6, 9:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	62 min
Apr 6, 10:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson	58 min
Apr 6, 10:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	46 min
Apr 6, 10:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	68 min
Apr 6, 10:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	63 min
Apr 6, 10:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin	47 min
Apr 6, 10:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	59 min
Apr 6, 10:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton	67 min
Apr 6, 10:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	61 min
Apr 6, 10:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Montgomery	56 min
Apr 6, 10:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones, Smith	65 min
Apr 6, 10:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	62 min
Apr 6, 11:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson	25 min
Apr 6, 11:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	118 min
Apr 6, 11:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery	3 hr
Apr 6, 11:21 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	54 min
Apr 6, 11:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale, Newton	53 min
Apr 6, 11:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper	66 min
Apr 6, 11:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	62 min
Apr 6, 12:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	58 min
Apr 6, 12:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	54 min
Apr 6, 12:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore, Sunflower	74 min
Apr 6, 12:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	64 min
Apr 6, 1:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	52 min
Apr 6, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	55 min
Apr 6, 1:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds	24 min
Apr 6, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Simpson	53 min
Apr 6, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	48 min
Apr 6, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	56 min
Apr 6, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	69 min
Apr 6, 2:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	39 min
Apr 6, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	48 min
Apr 6, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	45 min
Apr 6, 2:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	58 min
Apr 6, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	41 min
Apr 6, 2:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott	113 min
Apr 6, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	77 min
Apr 6, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	54 min
Apr 6, 2:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar	39 min
Apr 6, 2:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	2 hr
Apr 6, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	47 min
Apr 6, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah	60 min
Apr 6, 3:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Scott	58 min
Apr 6, 3:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Leake, Neshoba	54 min
Apr 6, 3:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Montgomery	67 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.