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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Jackson, MS

March 26, 2005Concordia Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana; Claiborne County, Jefferson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2005, 5:04 PM CST for Concordia Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana; Claiborne County, Jefferson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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, 5:04 PM CST (23:04 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2005, 5:45 PM CST
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Concordia Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Claiborne County, MS, Jefferson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 26, 3:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 26, 1:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 262305
TORJAN
LAC029-107-MSC021-063-262345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0017.050326T2304Z-050326T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
  SOUTHERN TENSAS PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
  WESTERN CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRAND GULF
  NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 504 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  WATERPROOF...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF FERRIDAY...MOVING EAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ST. JOSEPH BY 515 PM CST
  ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY BY 520 PM CST
  PORT GIBSON AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND GULF BY 530 PM CST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE 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 3192 9155 3170 9150 3179 9086 3205 9105

$$

GRG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 4:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula	54 min
Mar 26, 4:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Concordia, Tensas	66 min
Mar 26, 4:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	45 min
Mar 26, 5:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Concordia	67 min
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, 5:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson	57 min
Mar 26, 5:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	39 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.