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Tornado Warning 331, NWS Jackson, MS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 12:09 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
CME1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KJAN 152226
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
426 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
MSC049-152300-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0331.000000T0000Z-051115T2300Z/
HINDS MS-
426 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR NORTHERN HINDS
COUNTY...
AT 425 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR I-20 EXIT 27
BOLTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CLINTON BY 430 PM CST
POCAHONTAS BY 440 PM CST
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3240 9054 3231 9048 3233 9024 3249 9025
3250 9055
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 4:55 AM CST | Wind Advisory | JAN | Bolivar, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington | 16 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 20 min |
| Nov 15, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 49 min |
| Nov 15, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson | 60 min |
| Nov 15, 3:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 66 min |
| Nov 15, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 62 min |
| Nov 15, 4:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 54 min |
| Nov 15, 4:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 53 min |
| Nov 15, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 29 min |
| Nov 15, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 32 min |
| Nov 15, 4:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 4:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 43 min |
| Nov 15, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 45 min |
| Nov 15, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 67 min |
| Nov 15, 5:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 5:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 42 min |
| Nov 15, 5:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 26 min |
| Nov 15, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 56 min |
| Nov 15, 5:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 46 min |
| Nov 15, 5:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 37 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.