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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Jackson, MS

March 26, 2005Covington County, Jefferson Davis County, Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2005, 5:03 PM CST for Covington County, Jefferson Davis County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 57 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 26, 2005, 5:03 PM CST (23:03 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Covington County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Simpson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 26, 1:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 26, 3:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 65 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: 151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 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 262304
TORJAN
MSC031-065-127-270000-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0016.050326T2303Z-050327T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
503 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MAGEE
  NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 503 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 24 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MAGEE...OR ABOUT 24 MILES EAST OF BROOKHAVEN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MAGEE AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT OLIVE BY 550 PM CST

AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF A TORNADO WAS RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC WHEN 
THIS STORM WAS CROSSING FROM LINCOLN INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY.  THERE 
HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND LARGER WITH 
THIS STORM. 

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3177 9003 3176 8997 3157 8998 3172 8965
      3178 8965 3197 8972

$$

CRAVEN

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 262338
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
538 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

MSC031-065-127-262348-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050327T0000Z/
COVINGTON MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-SIMPSON MS-
538 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SIMPSON...JEFFERSON DAVIS AND COVINGTON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3177 9003 3176 8997 3157 8998 3172 8965
      3178 8965 3197 8972

$$

CRAVEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 3:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	58 min
Mar 26, 3:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	41 min
Mar 26, 3:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	45 min
Mar 26, 3:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	65 min
Mar 26, 3:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	41 min
Mar 26, 3:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	38 min
Mar 26, 4:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	38 min
Mar 26, 4:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln	66 min
Mar 26, 4:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	43 min
Mar 26, 4:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Jones, Lauderdale	65 min
Mar 26, 4:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	56 min
Mar 26, 4:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	65 min
Mar 26, 5:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	41 min
Mar 26, 5:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	39 min
Mar 26, 5:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	67 min
Mar 26, 5:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	46 min
Mar 26, 5:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	44 min
Mar 26, 5:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	50 min
Mar 26, 5:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Jefferson	41 min
Mar 26, 5:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	46 min

Nearby

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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.