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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS

March 13, 2005Warren County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2005, 5:41 PM CST for Warren County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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 13, 2005, 5:41 PM CST (23:41 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2005, 6:30 PM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 13, 2:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 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 132342
TORJAN
MSC149-140030-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0003.050313T2341Z-050314T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
541 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VICKSBURG

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 541 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF
  VICKSBURG...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF TALLULAH...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  VICKSBURG BY 555 PM CST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALLS SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THIS STORM HAS 
A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 1.25 HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS MADISON 
PARISH.

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 3228 9097 3233 9089 3235 9091 3235 9097
      3243 9096 3245 9098 3243 9062 3237 9065
      3236 9070 3227 9072

$$

CME

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 132356
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
556 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005

MSC149-140030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050314T0030Z/
WARREN MS-
556 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR CENTRAL WARREN
COUNTY...

AT 555 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 
JUST TO THE WEST OF DELTA AND IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VICKSBURG BY 555 PM CST
  
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3228 9097 3233 9089 3235 9091 3235 9097
      3243 9096 3245 9098 3243 9062 3237 9065
      3236 9070 3227 9072

$$

CME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 2:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Oktibbeha	73 min
Mar 13, 4:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Noxubee, Winston	61 min
Mar 13, 4:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	55 min
Mar 13, 4:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	62 min
Mar 13, 5:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes	56 min
Mar 13, 5:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	63 min
Mar 13, 5:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren, Yazoo	44 min
Mar 13, 5:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	65 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.