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Tornado Warning 337, NWS Jackson, MS

November 15, 2005Lowndes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 6:32 PM CST for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Nov 15, 2005, 6:32 PM CST (00:32 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lowndes County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 15, 6:35 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	6 Nne Columbus, MS	TREES DOWN ON SPUR LINE ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 3:15 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 440 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 270 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 2.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 160032
TORJAN
MSC087-160100-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0337.051116T0032Z-051116T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS AFB

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 632 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COLUMBUS
  AFB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  STEENS BY 640 PM CST
  CALEDONIA BY 650 PM CST

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 3366 8850 3362 8849 3361 8847 3356 8848
      3351 8850 3350 8828 3374 8825 3374 8831
      3372 8832 3371 8834 3367 8840

$$

GAGAN

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 160048
SVSJAN

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

MSC087-160100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0337.000000T0000Z-051116T0100Z/
LOWNDES MS-
648 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN
LOWNDES COUNTY...

AT 643 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STEENS...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CALEDONIA BY 655 PM CST

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 3366 8850 3362 8849 3361 8847 3356 8848
      3351 8850 3350 8828 3374 8825 3374 8831
      3372 8832 3371 8834 3367 8840

$$

GARRETT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 6:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	45 min
Nov 15, 6:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson	50 min
Nov 15, 6:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes	40 min
Nov 15, 6:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln	76 min
Nov 15, 7:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	36 min
Nov 15, 8:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson	56 min
Nov 15, 8:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	57 min
Nov 15, 8:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Smith	49 min
Nov 15, 9:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	56 min
Nov 15, 10:16 PM CST	Freeze Watch	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more	17 hr
Nov 16, 3:03 PM CST	Freeze Warning	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more	18 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.