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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS

March 22, 2005Noxubee County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 6:58 PM CST for Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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, 6:58 PM CST (00:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2005, 7:30 PM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Noxubee County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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
Mar 22, 12:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 22, 6:50 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 83 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 230058
TORJAN
MSC103-230130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0013.050323T0058Z-050323T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 730 PM CST

* AT 658 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BROOKSVILLE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BROOKSVILLE BY 710 PM CST

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3309 8877 3308 8863 3329 8842 3328 8874

$$

EEC

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 230115 RRA
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
715 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

MSC103-230130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050323T0130Z/
NOXUBEE MS-
715 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR NORTHERN NOXUBEE
COUNTY...

AT 711 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROOKSVILLE...OR
ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF GOLDEN TRIANGLE AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3321 8875 3321 8851 3329 8842 3328 8874

$$

EEC

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 230130
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
730 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

MSC103-230140-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050323T0130Z/
NOXUBEE MS-
730 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NOXUBEE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 730 PM CST...

THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXITED 
NORTHERN NOXUBEE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3321 8875 3321 8851 3329 8842 3328 8874

$$

EEC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 6:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	39 min
Mar 22, 6:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton, Scott	34 min
Mar 22, 6:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston	36 min
Mar 22, 6:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton	44 min
Mar 22, 6:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	46 min
Mar 22, 7:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	8 min
Mar 22, 7:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	31 min
Mar 22, 7:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	38 min
Mar 22, 7:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	29 min
Mar 22, 8:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	38 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.