Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2005, 7:25 PM CST for Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 65 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, 7:25 PM CST (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2005, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Simpson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 270126
TORJAN
MSC127-270230-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0022.050327T0125Z-050327T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
725 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MENDENHALL...MAGEE
* UNTIL 830 PM CST
* AT 725 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
LORMAN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF HAZLEHURST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
LORMAN BY 730 PM CST
HARRISVILLE BY 735 PM CST
PINOLA BY 740 PM CST
MENDENHALL BY 750 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 3178 9009 3179 9012 3190 9012 3204 9021
3204 9017 3205 9016 3205 8966 3179 8967
3177 9011
$$
GRG1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KJAN 270204 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 804 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 MSC127-270230- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050327T0230Z/ SIMPSON MS- 804 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR EASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY... AT 801 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MENDENHALL... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3179 8999 3204 8999 3205 8966 3179 8967 $$ 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, 6:30 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, 7:29 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.