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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2005, 6:27 PM CST for Claiborne County, Copiah County, Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 63 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, 6:27 PM CST (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2005, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Lincoln County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 356 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1347 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 270027
TORJAN
MSC021-029-085-270130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0020.050327T0027Z-050327T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
627 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HAZLEHURST...CRYSTAL SPRINGS
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
SOUTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 730 PM CST
* AT 627 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 32 MILES WEST OF
HAZLEHURST...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND GULF...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
HAZLEHURST BY 715 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 9092 3185 9096 3182 9085 3178 9083
3178 9075 3162 9075 3176 9013 3190 9016
3202 9023
$$
GRG2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 270053
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
653 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
MSC021-085-270103-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050327T0130Z/
CLAIBORNE MS-LINCOLN MS-
653 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LINCOLN AND CLAIBORNE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3201 9071 3186 9072 3182 9074 3170 9073
3176 9013 3190 9016 3202 9023
$$
MSC029-270130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050327T0130Z/
COPIAH MS-
653 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR COPIAH COUNTY...
AT 648 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF I-55
EXIT 56 TYBUN RD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF HAZLEHURST...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HAZELHURST BY 700 PM CST
GALLMAN BY 705 PM CST
CRYSTAL SPRINGS BY 710 PM CST
GEORGETOWN BY 720 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 3201 9071 3186 9072 3182 9074 3170 9073
3176 9013 3190 9016 3202 9023
$$
GRG000
WWUS54 KJAN 270113
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
713 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
MSC029-270130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050327T0130Z/
COPIAH MS-
713 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR EASTERN COPIAH
COUNTY...
AT 709 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR I-55 EXIT 56 TYBUN
RD...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF HAZLEHURST...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GEORGETOWN BY 725 PM CST
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3202 9056 3194 9052 3186 9056 3171 9062
3176 9013 3190 9016 3202 9023
$$
GRGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 54 min |
| Mar 26, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 6:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 6:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 15 min |
| Mar 26, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 6:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 68 min |
| Mar 26, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 24 min |
| Mar 26, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 7:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 65 min |
| Mar 26, 7:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 8:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 53 min |
| Mar 26, 8:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 8:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 8:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 8:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 67 min |
| Mar 26, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 8:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Simpson, Smith | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 9:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 28 min |
| Mar 26, 9:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 9:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 56 min |
| Mar 26, 10:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 65 min |
| Mar 26, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 49 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.