Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2005, 10:10 PM CST for Clarke County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 65 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, 10:10 PM CST (04:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2005, 11:15 PM CST
- In force
- 65 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 04:12 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, 4.2 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 270410 TORJAN MSC023-075-270515- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0031.050327T0410Z-050327T0515Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1010 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 1115 PM CST * AT 1010 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF STONEWALL...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... STONEWALL BY 1025 PM CST IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 70 MPH. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY 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 3230 8892 3199 8891 3213 8845 3250 8841 $$ CRAVEN
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KJAN 270436 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1036 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 MSC023-075-270515- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050327T0515Z/ CLARKE MS-LAUDERDALE MS- 1036 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE AND NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTIES... AT 1033 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF I-20 EXIT 157B HWY 45...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF MERIDIAN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 9 MILES SOUTH OF I-20 EXIT 157B HWY 45 BY 1045 PM CST WHYNOT AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF I-20 EXIT 160 AT RUSSELL BY 1050 PM CST 8 MILES SOUTH OF I-20 EXIT 165 AT TOOMSUBA AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF TOOMSUBA BY 1055 PM CST 8 MILES SOUTH OF I-20 EXIT 169 US HWY 80 BY 1100 PM CST IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 60 MPH. LAT...LON 3237 8867 3213 8879 3216 8845 3250 8841 $$ CRAVEN
000 WWUS54 KJAN 270449 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1048 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 MSC023-075-270515- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050327T0515Z/ CLARKE MS-LAUDERDALE MS- 1048 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE AND NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTIES... AT 1044 PM CST...LAUDERDALE COUNTY EOC REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL NEAR LONG CREEK. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM...LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF WHYNOT...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES SOUTH OF I-20 EXIT 169 US HWY 80 BY 1100 PM CST IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY 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 3236 8860 3218 8867 3220 8844 3250 8841 $$ CRAVEN
000 WWUS54 KJAN 270457 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1057 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 MSC023-270507- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050327T0515Z/ CLARKE MS- 1057 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLARKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3238 8852 3223 8855 3223 8844 3250 8841 $$ MSC075-270515- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050327T0515Z/ LAUDERDALE MS- 1057 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY... AT 1054 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHYNOT...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF MERIDIAN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 70 MPH. LAT...LON 3238 8852 3223 8855 3223 8844 3250 8841 $$ CRAVEN
000 WWUS54 KJAN 270509 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1109 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 MSC075-270519- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050327T0515Z/ LAUDERDALE MS- 1109 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3238 8852 3223 8855 3223 8844 3250 8841 $$ CRAVEN
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, 9:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 9:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 56 min |
| Mar 26, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 49 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.