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Tornado Warning 110, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2005, 5:42 PM CDT for Rankin County, Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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
- Apr 22, 2005, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 222242 TORJAN MSC121-123-129-222330- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0110.050422T2242Z-050422T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 542 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MORTON...FOREST NORTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PELAHATCHIE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF BRANDON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORTON BY 550 PM CDT 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 3242 8988 3219 8991 3202 8955 3240 8933 $$ BANNAN
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KJAN 222315 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 614 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 MSC121-222324- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0110.000000T0000Z-050422T2330Z/ RANKIN MS- 614 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RANKIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3240 8973 3215 8972 3202 8955 3240 8933 $$ MSC123-129-222330- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0110.000000T0000Z-050422T2330Z/ SMITH MS-SCOTT MS- 614 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTIES... AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BURNS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF FOREST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 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 3240 8973 3215 8972 3202 8955 3240 8933 $$ GARRETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 90 min |
| Apr 22, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 94 min |
| Apr 22, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee, Winston | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Warren, Yazoo | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 58 min |
| Apr 22, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 54 min |
| Apr 22, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton | 79 min |
| Apr 22, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 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.