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Tornado Warning 330, NWS Jackson, MS

September 25, 2005Clarke County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2005, 9:50 PM CDT for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2005, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
40 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), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 260250
TORJAN
MSC023-260345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0330.050926T0250Z-050926T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
950 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
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF QUITMAN

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 950 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  STONEWALL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF QUITMAN...MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL CLARKE COUNTY AT 1000 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 3221 8883 3203 8883 3203 8846 3223 8845

$$

CME
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 260317
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1017 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

MSC023-260345-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0330.000000T0000Z-050926T0345Z/
CLARKE MS-
1017 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN CLARKE
COUNTY...

AT 1013 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARKE COUNTY
STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUITMAN...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CLARKE COUNTY AT 1030 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 3221 8883 3203 8883 3203 8846 3223 8845

$$

CME
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 260330
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1030 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

MSC023-260340-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0330.000000T0000Z-050926T0345Z/
CLARKE MS-
1030 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLARKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE.

LAT...LON 3221 8883 3203 8883 3203 8846 3223 8845

$$

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, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke57 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

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.