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Tornado Warning 340, NWS Jackson, MS

November 28, 2005Issaquena County, Washington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 2005, 1:44 AM CST for Issaquena County, Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min. 3 reports 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 28, 2005, 1:44 AM CST (07:44 UTC)
Expired: Nov 28, 2005, 2:30 AM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Issaquena County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 28, 1:56 AM CST	TORNADO 0	10 Nne Mayersville, MS	SE SIDE OF ROOF OF A CHURCH PEELED OFF NEAR THE GLEN ALLAN COMMUNITY...BACK PORCH OF A HOUSE HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND COUPLE OF TREES DOWNED...DAMAGE IN AN AREA ABOUT 400 YD LONG AND 25 YD WIDE
Nov 28, 2:00 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	10 Wsw Hollandale, MS	NUMEROUS HOUSES IN THE AREA AROUND LAKE WASHINGTON WITH MINOR ROOF DAMAGE...MAINLY SHINGLES PEELED OFF
Nov 28, 2:00 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	10 Wsw Hollandale, MS	ROOF OFF OF A CHURCH AND A NUMBER OF HOUSES WITH SHINGLE AND ROOF DAMAGE IN THE AREA AROUND LAKE WASHINGTON

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 27, 11:44 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 359 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 280744
TORJAN
MSC055-151-280830-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0340.051128T0744Z-051128T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
144 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  NORTHERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 230 AM CST

* AT 144 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LAKE WASHINGTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF LAKE
  PROVIDENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LAKE WASHINGTON BY 150 AM CST

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3303 9115 3293 9107 3288 9111 3293 9093
      3327 9088

$$

EEC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 28, 1:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	41 min
Nov 28, 2:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington	42 min
Nov 28, 2:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	66 min
Nov 28, 2:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	32 min
Nov 28, 2:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Yazoo	47 min
Nov 28, 2:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	31 min
Nov 28, 3:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes	41 min
Nov 28, 3:36 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Yazoo	39 min
Nov 28, 5:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	22 min

Nearby

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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.