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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2005, 9:20 PM CST for Clarke County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 55 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, 9:20 PM CST (03:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2005, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clarke County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 270320 TORJAN MSC023-075-270415- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0029.050327T0320Z-050327T0415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 920 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MERIDIAN * UNTIL 1015 PM CST * AT 920 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF STONEWALL...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... STONEWALL BY 935 PM CST 9 MILES SOUTH OF MERIDIAN BY 945 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 3231 8892 3205 8891 3213 8845 3248 8841 $$ GRG
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 270345
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
944 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
MSC023-075-270415-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050327T0415Z/
CLARKE MS-LAUDERDALE MS-
944 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
LAUDERDALE AND NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTIES...
AT 941 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR I-59 EXIT 142 AT SAVOY...OR ABOUT 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES SOUTH OF MERIDIAN BY 950 PM CST
I-20 EXIT 157B HWY 45 BY 955 PM CST
I-20 EXIT 160 AT RUSSELL BY 1005 PM CST
WHYNOT...TOOMSUBA BY 1010 PM CST
I-20 EXIT 169 US HWY 80 BY 1015 PM CST
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3234 8885 3223 8886 3216 8891 3209 8891
3213 8845 3248 8841
$$
GRG000 WWUS54 KJAN 270358 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 957 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 MSC023-270407- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050327T0415Z/ CLARKE MS- 957 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLARKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3238 8874 3223 8879 3223 8844 3249 8841 $$ MSC075-270415- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050327T0415Z/ LAUDERDALE MS- 957 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY... AT 956 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR I-20 EXIT 157B HWY 45...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TOOMSUBA BY 1005 PM CST I-20 EXIT 169 US HWY 80 BY 1010 PM CST SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3238 8874 3223 8879 3223 8844 3249 8841 $$ 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, 7:25 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, 9:34 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.