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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Jackson, MS

March 26, 2005Franklin County, Jefferson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2005, 5:49 PM CST for Franklin 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, 5:49 PM CST (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2005, 6:30 PM CST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Franklin County, MS, Jefferson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 26, 1:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Mar 26, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2005-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2005-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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 262349
TORJAN
MSC037-063-270030-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0019.050326T2350Z-050327T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 550 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF FAYETTE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF NATCHEZ...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FAYETTE BY 605 PM CST

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 3175 9110 3176 9114 3173 9127 3186 9104
      3185 9095 3182 9085 3178 9083 3178 9075
      3163 9075 3153 9114

$$

GRG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 3:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin58 min
Mar 26, 3:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar41 min
Mar 26, 3:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion45 min
Mar 26, 3:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln65 min
Mar 26, 3:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar41 min
Mar 26, 3:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion38 min
Mar 26, 4:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones38 min
Mar 26, 4:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln66 min
Mar 26, 4:32 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln43 min
Mar 26, 4:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Jones, Lauderdale65 min
Mar 26, 4:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds56 min
Mar 26, 4:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion65 min
Mar 26, 5:03 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson57 min
Mar 26, 5:04 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson41 min
Mar 26, 5:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Lauderdale, Newton39 min
Mar 26, 5:23 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAdams, Jefferson67 min
Mar 26, 5:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones46 min
Mar 26, 5:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo44 min
Mar 26, 5:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Warren50 min
Mar 26, 5:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper46 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.