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Tornado Warning 233, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2005, 1:37 AM CDT for Madison Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 2005, 1:37 AM CDT (06:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2005, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Madison Parish, LA
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:39 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 1:43 AM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 4 S Tallulah, LA | THIS WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN AN OPEN FIELD AND TRACKED NE FOR 4 MILES. AN OUT BUILDING WAS BLOWN OVER AND TIN WAS SCATTERED ACROSS THE FIELD. SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN OVER IN THE BAYOU ALONG HWY 603. JUST S OF I-20, TIN AND PARTS OF A BILLBOARD WAS SCATTE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 947 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 250637 TORJAN LAC065-250700- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0233.050925T0637Z-050925T0700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 137 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TALLULAH * UNTIL 200 AM CDT * AT 137 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH OF TALLULAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... TALLULAH BY 145 AM CDT 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 3223 9132 3225 9107 3241 9099 3254 9118 $$ CME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Concordia | 49 min |
| Sep 24, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Franklin, Tensas | 57 min |
| Sep 24, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 38 min |
| Sep 24, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 38 min |
| Sep 24, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Tensas | 40 min |
| Sep 24, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas | 62 min |
| Sep 24, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 46 min |
| Sep 24, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 13 min |
| Sep 24, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 27 min |
| Sep 24, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll | 40 min |
| Sep 24, 11:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 26 min |
| Sep 25, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 45 min |
| Sep 25, 12:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 34 min |
| Sep 25, 12:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Concordia | 18 min |
| Sep 25, 12:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tensas | 62 min |
| Sep 25, 1:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Concordia | 51 min |
| Sep 25, 1:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin | 20 min |
| Sep 25, 1:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tensas | 46 min |
| Sep 25, 2:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Concordia | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 6:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Tensas | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tensas | 39 min |
| Sep 25, 10:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Tensas | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 10:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tensas | 57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.