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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Jackson, MS

March 22, 2005Covington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 8:08 AM CST for Covington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 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: Mar 22, 2005, 8:08 AM CST (14:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2005, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Covington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:10 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
Mar 22, 6:55 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000
WFUS54 KJAN 221408
TORJAN
MSC031-221500-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0010.050322T1408Z-050322T1500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
808 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLLINS

* UNTIL 900 AM CST

* AT 808 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  COLLINS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3169 8959 3144 8959 3144 8940 3168 8941

$$

7

1 follow-up statement

000
WWUS54 KJAN 221441
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
840 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

MSC031-221450-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050322T1500Z/
COVINGTON MS-
840 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COVINGTON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE 
STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3169 8959 3144 8959 3144 8940 3168 8941

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 2:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	57 min
Mar 22, 5:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	48 min
Mar 22, 5:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	53 min
Mar 22, 5:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	56 min
Mar 22, 5:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	54 min
Mar 22, 5:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson	51 min
Mar 22, 5:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	62 min
Mar 22, 6:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	81 min
Mar 22, 6:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	61 min
Mar 22, 6:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	30 min
Mar 22, 6:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	51 min
Mar 22, 7:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	67 min
Mar 22, 7:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	58 min
Mar 22, 7:34 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	56 min
Mar 22, 7:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	53 min
Mar 22, 7:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Marion	44 min
Mar 22, 7:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	37 min
Mar 22, 8:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	60 min
Mar 22, 8:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	53 min
Mar 22, 8:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	47 min
Mar 22, 8:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	25 min
Mar 22, 8:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	25 min
Mar 22, 8:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	49 min
Mar 22, 8:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	55 min
Mar 22, 9:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	58 min
Mar 22, 3:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	49 min
Mar 22, 4:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln	41 min
Mar 22, 4:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln	52 min
Mar 22, 4:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	29 min
Mar 22, 5:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	28 min
Mar 22, 5:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	39 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.