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Tornado Warning 331, NWS Jackson, MS

November 15, 2005Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 4:08 PM CST for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 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
Nov 15, 2005, 4:08 PM CST (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2005, 5:00 PM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hinds County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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
Nov 15, 12:09 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 12:00Z on 2005-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 711 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 12:00Z on 2005-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
711 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 152208
TORJAN
MSC049-152300-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0331.051115T2208Z-051115T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
408 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLINTON

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 408 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EDWARDS...
  OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF VICKSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  I-20 EXIT 27 BOLTON AND BOLTON BY 420 PM CST
  9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON BY 430 PM CST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3240 9061 3235 9069 3229 9069 3233 9024
      3249 9025 3250 9055

$$

CME
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 152226
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
426 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

MSC049-152300-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0331.000000T0000Z-051115T2300Z/
HINDS MS-
426 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR NORTHERN HINDS
COUNTY...

AT 425 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR I-20 EXIT 27
BOLTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CLINTON BY 430 PM CST
  POCAHONTAS BY 440 PM CST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3240 9054 3231 9048 3233 9024 3249 9025
      3250 9055

$$

CME

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 4:55 AM CSTWind AdvisoryJANBolivar, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington16 hr
Nov 15, 2:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes20 min
Nov 15, 3:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery49 min
Nov 15, 3:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Jefferson60 min
Nov 15, 3:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar66 min
Nov 15, 3:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Warren62 min
Nov 15, 4:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Webster54 min
Nov 15, 4:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower53 min
Nov 15, 4:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower29 min
Nov 15, 4:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne32 min
Nov 15, 4:46 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison44 min
Nov 15, 4:47 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeflore43 min
Nov 15, 5:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah45 min
Nov 15, 5:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams67 min
Nov 15, 5:12 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower48 min
Nov 15, 5:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys42 min
Nov 15, 5:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds26 min
Nov 15, 5:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Montgomery56 min
Nov 15, 5:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes46 min
Nov 15, 5:53 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes37 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.