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Tornado Warning 341, NWS Jackson, MS

November 28, 20054 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 2005, 2:03 AM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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, 2:03 AM CST (08:03 UTC)
Expired: Nov 28, 2005, 2:45 AM CST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Humphreys County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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 28, 2:05 AM CST	TORNADO	5 S Hollandale, MS	PUBLIC REPORTED A SIGHTING NEAR THE WASHINGTON/SHARKEY COUNTY LINE...NO DAMAGE REPORTED AT THIS TIME.
Nov 28, 2:15 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Hollandale, MS	TREES BLOWN DOWN

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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 280804
TORJAN
MSC053-125-133-151-280845-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0341.051128T0803Z-051128T0845Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  SOUTHWESTERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOLLANDALE
  NORTHERN SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 245 AM CST

* AT 203 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF HOLLANDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO PASS JUST SOUTH OF HOLLANDALE AT ABOUT 
  210 AM

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 3317 9091 3304 9092 3318 9059 3341 9059

$$

EEC

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 280821
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
219 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

MSC053-125-133-151-280845-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0341.000000T0000Z-051128T0845Z/
SUNFLOWER MS-WASHINGTON MS-HUMPHREYS MS-SHARKEY MS-
219 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
SHARKEY...NORTHWESTERN HUMPHREYS...EASTERN WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN SUNFLOWER COUNTIES...

AT 218 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF 
ISOLA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF HOLLANDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
55 MPH.

THE STORM WILL MOVE NEAR ISOLA BY 228 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 3317 9091 3304 9092 3318 9059 3341 9059

$$

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, 1:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Washington	46 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.