Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 619, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 4, 2005, 12:51 AM CST for Leflore County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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
- Dec 4, 2005, 12:51 AM CST (06:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2005, 1:15 AM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Leflore County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 10:01 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 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
- 446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1218 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 470 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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 Dec 4, 12:25 AM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 12:25 AM CST, 26 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 3, 10:40 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1040 PM CST SAT DEC 03 2005 CORRECTED TO REMOVE NON PRECIPITATION HAZARD ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 050338- 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- 1040 PM CST SAT DEC 03 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM RAYVILLE LOUISIANA TO MADISON AND SHUQUALAK MISSISSIPPI. LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH AND A FEW TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED. A WARM...MOIST AIRMASS IS IN PLACE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL STEADILY MOVE INTO THE ARKLAMISS TONIGHT AND INITIATE SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. STRONG WIND SHEAR (OR THE CHANGE IN WIND SPEED/DIRECTION WITH HEIGHT) EXISTS FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. WITH COLD TEMPERATURES IN PLACE IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...LARGE HAIL WILL OCCUR WITH THIS ACTIVITY. IF THUNDERSTORMS CAN MOVE AHEAD OF THE SURFACE COLD FRONT...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT STORMS THAT MOVE INTO AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM RAYVILLE LOUISIANA TO MADISON AND SHUQUALAK MISSISSIPPI HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SURFACE BASED...POSING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL TEND TO WEAKEN TOWARD SUNRISE AND THE SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL SETTLE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. ...FLOODING... LOCAL DOWNPOURS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OVER A 6 HOUR PERIOD COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY ACROSS THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... THE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WAIT FOR ANOTHER DISTURBANCE TO PUSH IT SOUTHWARD SUNDAY NIGHT. THE RISK FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL ENTER THE PICTURE WHEREVER THE BOUNDARY STALLS. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AT SOME LOCATIONS HOWEVER MOST AREAS WILL STAY IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE...MAINLY FROM THE STARKVILLE TO JACKSON TO VICKSBURG AREAS. WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY ARE NOT FORECAST TO BE QUITE AS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS SECOND SYSTEM...BUT THESE PARAMETERS SHOULD BE ADEQUATE FOR AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A MERIDIAN TO NATCHEZ LINE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAIN RISK WOULD BE FOR LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MOREHOUSE PARISH IN LOUISIANA...TO MADISON AND NOXUBEE COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 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, Dec 3, 11:57 PM CST, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1157 PM CST SAT DEC 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1156 PM HAIL DERMOTT 33.53N 91.44W
12/03/2005 0.25 INCH CHICOT AR EMERGENCY MNGR
PEA SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY.
&&
BYRDLocal storm report, Dec 4, 12:03 AM CST, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1203 AM CST SUN DEC 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1201 AM HAIL BENOIT 33.65N 91.01W
12/04/2005 1.00 INCH BOLIVAR MS EMERGENCY MNGR
HIGH WINDS ALSO REPORTED AT THIS LOCATION.
&&
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 11:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 54 min |
| Dec 3, 11:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 64 min |
| Dec 3, 11:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 66 min |
| Dec 4, 12:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 14 min |
| Dec 4, 1:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 30 min |
| Dec 4, 10:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 38 min |
| Dec 4, 11:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 57 min |
| Dec 4, 11:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 33 min |
| Dec 4, 12:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 46 min |
| Dec 4, 12:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 19 min |
| Dec 4, 1:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 26 min |
| Dec 4, 1:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 28 min |
| Dec 4, 1:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 29 min |
| Dec 4, 1:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 26 min |
| Dec 4, 2:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 26 min |
| Dec 4, 2:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 48 min |
| Dec 4, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 30 min |
| Dec 4, 2:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 26 min |
| Dec 4, 2:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 25 min |
| Dec 4, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 30 min |
| Dec 4, 3:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 34 min |
| Dec 4, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 45 min |
| Dec 4, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Smith | 45 min |
| Dec 4, 3:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 48 min |
| Dec 4, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 12 min |
| Dec 4, 4:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 37 min |
| Dec 4, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 28 min |
| Dec 4, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 16 min |
| Dec 4, 4:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 25 min |
| Dec 4, 5:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 53 min |
| Dec 4, 1:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Richland | 33 min |
| Dec 4, 12:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 26 min |
| Dec 4, 12:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 19 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.