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Tornado Warning 330, NWS Jackson, MS
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.
| 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, 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.
- 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 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.
| 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, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 57 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 |
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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.