Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 1, 2005, 12:01 AM CST for Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 59 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
- Apr 1, 2005, 12:01 AM CST (06:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2005, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:03 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 31, 11:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1854 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 010601 TORJAN MSC035-073-010700- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0033.050401T0601Z-050401T0700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1201 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PETAL...HATTIESBURG CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG * UNTIL 100 AM CST * AT 1201 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST HATTIESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... WEST HATTIESBURG BY 1210 AM CST HATTIESBURG BY 1220 AM CST PETAL BY 1230 AM CST 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 3131 8958 3114 8953 3119 8915 3141 8914 $$ OLB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KJAN 010621 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1220 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005 MSC035-073-010700- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-050401T0700Z/ FORREST MS-LAMAR MS- 1220 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 AM CST FOR EASTERN LAMAR AND NORTHERN FORREST COUNTIES... AT 1218 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF WEST HATTIESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HATTIESBURG BY 1225 AM CST 7 MILES SOUTH OF PETAL BY 1230 AM CST SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3135 8939 3115 8944 3119 8915 3141 8914 $$ OLB
000 WWUS54 KJAN 010643 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1243 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005 MSC073-010653- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-050401T0700Z/ LAMAR MS- 1243 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAMAR COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3136 8927 3119 8926 3119 8915 3141 8914 $$ MSC035-010700- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-050401T0700Z/ FORREST MS- 1243 AM CST FRI APR 1 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 AM CST FOR EASTERN FORREST COUNTY... AT 1238 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PETAL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3136 8927 3119 8926 3119 8915 3141 8914 $$ OLB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 67 min |
| Mar 31, 7:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 57 min |
| Mar 31, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 7:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 8:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 9:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 63 min |
| Mar 31, 9:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 9:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 71 min |
| Mar 31, 10:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 10:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 10:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 10:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren, Yazoo | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 10:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 10:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 11:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 11:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 11:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson | 58 min |
| Mar 31, 11:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Yazoo | 45 min |
| Apr 1, 12:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 56 min |
| Apr 1, 12:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 104 min |
| Apr 1, 1:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 81 min |
| Apr 1, 1:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Warren | 2 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 87 min |
| Apr 1, 2:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 112 min |
| Apr 1, 2:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Smith | 76 min |
| Apr 1, 5:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 118 min |
| Apr 1, 11:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 43 min |
| Apr 1, 11:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha, Winston | 60 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.