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Tornado Warning 293, NWS Jackson, MS

September 25, 2005Clay County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2005, 3:07 PM CDT for Clay County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2005, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clay County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2005-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2005-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 252007
TORJAN
MSC025-252030-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0293.050925T2007Z-050925T2030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST POINT

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 307 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WEST
  POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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 3357 8895 3356 8868 3351 8865 3354 8851
      3368 8849 3369 8871 3381 8872 3381 8883

$$

GARRETT

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

Nearby

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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.