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Tornado Warning 326, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2005, 7:18 PM CDT for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 57 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, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2005, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clarke County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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
- 1241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 407 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 260018 TORJAN MSC023-260115- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0326.050926T0018Z-050926T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 718 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF STONEWALL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUITMAN... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... STONEWALL BY 725 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 3223 8892 3204 8890 3205 8846 3222 8844 $$ CME
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KJAN 260056 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 756 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 MSC023-260115- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0326.000000T0000Z-050926T0115Z/ CLARKE MS- 756 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY... AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PACHUTA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF QUITMAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CLARKE COUNTY STATE PARK BY 815 PM CDT THE OTHER SEVERE STORM...THAT PROMPTED THE FIRST WARNING...HAS DISSIPATED. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3223 8892 3204 8890 3205 8846 3222 8844 $$ CME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 39 min |
| Sep 25, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 18 min |
| Sep 25, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 45 min |
| Sep 25, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 25 min |
| Sep 25, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 40 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.