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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2005, 6:30 PM CST for Jefferson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 15 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, 6:30 PM CST (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2005, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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.
| 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 98 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 270032 TORJAN MSC063-270045- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0021.050327T0030Z-050327T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 630 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 645 PM CST * AT 630 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNION CHURCH...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND GULF...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. 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 3185 9096 3161 9091 3162 9074 3178 9074 $$ GRG
The 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, 6:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Lincoln | 63 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 |
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.