Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 238, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2005, 3:22 AM CDT for Adams County, Franklin County, Jefferson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 min. 3 reports 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, 3:22 AM CDT (08:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2005, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Adams County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Jefferson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 3:30 AM CDT | TORNADO 2 | 4 Wsw Fayette, MS | TORNADO MOVED NORTH NORTHEAST TO 2 SE LORMAN. VERY HEAVY TREE DAMAGE WITH NEARLY ALL TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. A COUPLE OF MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED...AND A HOUSE HAD PART OF ITS ROOF TAKEN OFF. 10 MILE TOTAL PATH LENGTH AND 600 YD WIDE A |
| Sep 25, 3:36 AM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 4 N Fayette, MS | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. A NUMBER OF TREES SNAPPED OFF. |
| Sep 25, 3:50 AM CDT | TORNADO 2 | 8 Ne Fayette, MS | *** 1 INJ *** TORNADO MOVED NNE TO 3 SW OF PATTISON. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG ITS PATH...WITH MANY LOCATIONS WHERE NEARLY EVERY TREE WAS SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONE MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED...AND A FRAME HOME HAD HEAVY DAMAGE WITH MOST OF THE ROOF RE |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 250823
TORJAN
MSC001-037-063-250900-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0238.050925T0822Z-050925T0900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
322 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
* AT 322 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FAYETTE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF NATCHEZ...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
FAYETTE BY 335 AM CDT
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 70 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 3160 9132 3147 9118 3176 9075 3183 9086
3186 9103
$$
CME2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 250837
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
336 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
MSC001-037-250846-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0238.000000T0000Z-050925T0900Z/
FRANKLIN MS-ADAMS MS-
336 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ADAMS AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3163 9116 3161 9098 3176 9075 3183 9086
3186 9103
$$
MSC063-250900-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0238.000000T0000Z-050925T0900Z/
JEFFERSON MS-
336 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR JEFFERSON
COUNTY...
AT 333 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...AND THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR FAYETTE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES EAST OF NATCHEZ...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 350 AM CDT
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 70 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3163 9116 3161 9098 3176 9075 3183 9086
3186 9103
$$
CME000
WWUS54 KJAN 250844
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
344 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
MSC063-250900-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0238.000000T0000Z-050925T0900Z/
JEFFERSON MS-
344 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR JEFFERSON
COUNTY...
AT 338 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR FAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A STRONG TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3170 9108 3167 9089 3176 9075 3183 9086
3186 9103
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Leflore | 45 min |
| Sep 24, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Sep 24, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes | 32 min |
| Sep 24, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 42 min |
| Sep 24, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 38 min |
| Sep 24, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Leflore, Montgomery | 45 min |
| Sep 24, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 41 min |
| Sep 24, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 34 min |
| Sep 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Washington | 32 min |
| Sep 24, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 44 min |
| Sep 24, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Washington | 42 min |
| Sep 24, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Sep 24, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 24 min |
| Sep 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 47 min |
| Sep 24, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 46 min |
| Sep 24, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 13 min |
| Sep 25, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 45 min |
| Sep 25, 12:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 6 hr |
| Sep 25, 1:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 51 min |
| Sep 25, 2:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 35 min |
| Sep 25, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 45 min |
| Sep 25, 2:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 35 min |
| Sep 25, 2:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 55 min |
| Sep 25, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 53 min |
| Sep 25, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 24 min |
| Sep 25, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 21 min |
| Sep 25, 4:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 4:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson | 46 min |
| Sep 25, 4:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson | 57 min |
| Sep 25, 4:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 64 min |
| Sep 25, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 60 min |
| Sep 25, 5:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 60 min |
| Sep 25, 5:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 59 min |
| Sep 25, 5:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 42 min |
| Sep 25, 5:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 65 min |
| Sep 25, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 56 min |
| Sep 25, 6:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 50 min |
| Sep 25, 6:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 58 min |
| Sep 25, 6:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 42 min |
| Sep 25, 6:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 7:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin | 46 min |
| Sep 25, 7:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 42 min |
| Sep 25, 7:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 48 min |
| Sep 25, 7:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Rankin | 41 min |
| Sep 25, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 45 min |
| Sep 25, 8:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 39 min |
| Sep 25, 8:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 52 min |
| Sep 25, 8:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Warren | 48 min |
| Sep 25, 8:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 41 min |
| Sep 25, 9:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 19 min |
| Sep 25, 9:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 46 min |
| Sep 25, 9:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 41 min |
| Sep 25, 9:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 9:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada, Webster | 14 hr |
| Sep 25, 9:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 67 min |
| Sep 25, 9:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Montgomery | 19 min |
| Sep 25, 10:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 10:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 37 min |
| Sep 25, 10:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 57 min |
| Sep 25, 10:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery, Webster | 38 min |
| Sep 25, 10:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 52 min |
| Sep 25, 10:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha, Winston | 46 min |
| Sep 25, 10:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 43 min |
| Sep 25, 10:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 39 min |
| Sep 25, 10:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 52 min |
| Sep 25, 11:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 24 min |
| Sep 25, 11:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 50 min |
| Sep 25, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Webster | 60 min |
| Sep 25, 11:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 42 min |
| Sep 25, 11:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 42 min |
| Sep 25, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 66 min |
| Sep 25, 11:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 49 min |
| Sep 25, 11:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 44 min |
| Sep 25, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 57 min |
| Sep 25, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 50 min |
| Sep 25, 11:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay | 31 min |
| Sep 25, 11:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 66 min |
| Sep 25, 11:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 34 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.