Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 112, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2005, 6:34 PM CDT for Rankin County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 56 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, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 222334 TORJAN MSC121-127-230030- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0112.050422T2334Z-050423T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 634 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MENDENHALL * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FLORENCE... OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF RICHLAND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... STAR BY 640 PM CDT PINEY WOODS BY 650 PM CDT MENDENHALL BY 705 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 3221 9018 3202 9022 3186 8966 3205 8966 $$ BANNAN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KJAN 222344 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 644 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 MSC121-127-230030- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0112.000000T0000Z-050423T0030Z/ RANKIN MS-SIMPSON MS- 644 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN SIMPSON AND SOUTHERN RANKIN COUNTIES... AT 642 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PINEY WOODS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF MENDENHALL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DLO BY 655 PM CDT MENDENHALL AND PUCKETT BY 700 PM CDT SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3221 9018 3202 9022 3186 8966 3205 8966 $$ CAB
000 WWUS54 KJAN 230005 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 705 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 MSC121-230015- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0112.000000T0000Z-050423T0030Z/ RANKIN MS- 705 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RANKIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3207 8986 3194 8994 3186 8966 3205 8966 $$ MSC127-230030- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0112.000000T0000Z-050423T0030Z/ SIMPSON MS- 705 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY... AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MENDENHALL... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SIMPSON COUNTY AT 720 PM CDT SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3207 8986 3194 8994 3186 8966 3205 8966 $$ 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, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 48 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, 6:46 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.