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Tornado Warning 326, NWS Jackson, MS

September 25, 2005Clarke County, Mississippi

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 25, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2005-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1241 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2005-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 7:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Rankin4 hr
Sep 25, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLowndes39 min
Sep 25, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper18 min
Sep 25, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNoxubee45 min
Sep 25, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke25 min
Sep 25, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke40 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.