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Tornado Warning 280, NWS Jackson, MS

September 25, 2005Lowndes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2005, 12:57 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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
Sep 25, 2005, 12:57 PM CDT (17:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2005, 1:31 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lowndes County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 25, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 126 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 251758
TORJAN
MSC087-251845-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0280.050925T1757Z-050925T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1257 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS AFB...COLUMBUS

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 1257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COLUMBUS...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CALEDONIA BY 110 PM 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 3352 8859 3329 8857 3329 8831 3375 8826
      3367 8843 3366 8850 3354 8848

$$

GARRETT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 251833
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
131 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

MSC049-251900-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0576.000000T0000Z-050925T1900Z/
HINDS MS-
131 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN HINDS COUNTY...

AT 124 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLINTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTHEAST JACKSON BY 145 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3206 9063 3206 9034 3224 9020 3241 9008
      3241 9024 3249 9025 3249 9037

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Leflore45 min
Sep 24, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson33 min
Sep 24, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Holmes32 min
Sep 24, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Washington42 min
Sep 24, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah38 min
Sep 24, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Holmes, Leflore, Montgomery45 min
Sep 24, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWarren41 min
Sep 24, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey34 min
Sep 24, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSharkey, Washington32 min
Sep 24, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo44 min
Sep 24, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSharkey, Washington42 min
Sep 24, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Montgomery35 min
Sep 24, 8:51 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWashington24 min
Sep 24, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington47 min
Sep 24, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena46 min
Sep 24, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Washington13 min
Sep 25, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington45 min
Sep 25, 12:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Washington6 hr
Sep 25, 1:03 AM CDTTornado WarningJANAdams51 min
Sep 25, 2:10 AM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey35 min
Sep 25, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington45 min
Sep 25, 2:38 AM CDTTornado WarningJANWarren35 min
Sep 25, 2:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Jefferson3 hr
Sep 25, 3:05 AM CDTTornado WarningJANSunflower55 min
Sep 25, 3:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Jefferson53 min
Sep 25, 3:22 AM CDTTornado WarningJANAdams, Franklin, Jefferson38 min
Sep 25, 4:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne24 min
Sep 25, 4:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Franklin21 min
Sep 25, 4:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson3 hr
Sep 25, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Franklin, Jefferson46 min
Sep 25, 4:48 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Jefferson57 min
Sep 25, 4:56 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds, Madison, Yazoo64 min
Sep 25, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams60 min
Sep 25, 5:30 AM CDTTornado WarningJANAdams, Franklin60 min
Sep 25, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower59 min
Sep 25, 5:48 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds, Rankin42 min
Sep 25, 5:55 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo65 min
Sep 25, 6:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln56 min
Sep 25, 6:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Warren50 min
Sep 25, 6:32 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Montgomery58 min
Sep 25, 6:48 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Warren42 min
Sep 25, 6:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson, Warren3 hr
Sep 25, 7:14 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Rankin46 min
Sep 25, 7:33 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Warren42 min
Sep 25, 7:42 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClaiborne48 min
Sep 25, 7:52 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake, Madison, Rankin41 min
Sep 25, 8:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo45 min
Sep 25, 8:21 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Warren39 min
Sep 25, 8:23 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison, Yazoo52 min
Sep 25, 8:27 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Hinds, Warren48 min
Sep 25, 8:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Yazoo3 hr
Sep 25, 8:49 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Warren41 min
Sep 25, 9:11 AM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala19 min
Sep 25, 9:14 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds, Warren46 min
Sep 25, 9:19 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds, Warren41 min
Sep 25, 9:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Holmes, Montgomery3 hr
Sep 25, 9:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada, Webster14 hr
Sep 25, 9:53 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds, Madison, Yazoo67 min
Sep 25, 9:56 AM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Montgomery19 min
Sep 25, 10:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson, Warren3 hr
Sep 25, 10:08 AM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Holmes37 min
Sep 25, 10:18 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Warren57 min
Sep 25, 10:22 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMontgomery, Webster38 min
Sep 25, 10:23 AM CDTTornado WarningJANNeshoba52 min
Sep 25, 10:29 AM CDTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha, Winston46 min
Sep 25, 10:32 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Smith43 min
Sep 25, 10:51 AM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Holmes39 min
Sep 25, 10:53 AM CDTTornado WarningJANNoxubee, Winston52 min
Sep 25, 11:06 AM CDTTornado WarningJANWinston24 min
Sep 25, 11:10 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale, Newton50 min
Sep 25, 11:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Oktibbeha, Webster60 min
Sep 25, 11:18 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLowndes, Oktibbeha42 min
Sep 25, 11:18 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison42 min
Sep 25, 11:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds66 min
Sep 25, 11:26 AM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper49 min
Sep 25, 11:31 AM CDTTornado WarningJANNeshoba44 min
Sep 25, 11:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala57 min
Sep 25, 11:40 AM CDTTornado WarningJANNoxubee, Winston50 min
Sep 25, 11:44 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClay31 min
Sep 25, 11:54 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLowndes66 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.