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Tornado Warning 334, NWS Jackson, MS

November 15, 2005Leflore County, Mississippi

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 15, 7:42 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Nov 15, 3:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2005-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 699 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2005-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 313 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
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

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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.

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, 4:08 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds52 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, 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.