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Tornado Warning 334, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 4:47 PM CST for Leflore County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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, 4:47 PM CST (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Leflore County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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, 7:42 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 699 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 152247 TORJAN MSC083-152330- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0334.051115T2247Z-051115T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 447 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 530 PM CST * AT 447 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF MINTER CITY...OR NEAR RULEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MINTER CITY BY 500 PM CST IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 3381 9045 3361 9045 3363 9010 3381 9018 $$ GARRETT
The 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, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 52 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, 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.