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Tornado Warning 345, NWS Jackson, MS

November 28, 2005Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 2005, 3:19 AM CST for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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 28, 2005, 3:19 AM CST (09:19 UTC)
Expired: Nov 28, 2005, 4:00 AM CST
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Holmes County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 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.

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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 280918
TORJAN
MSC051-281000-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0345.051128T0919Z-051128T1000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 400 AM CST

* AT 319 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF TCHULA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELZONI...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TCHULA BY 325 AM CST
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON BY 330 AM 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 3303 9038 3294 9012 3327 8994 3334 9015
      3336 9024 3332 9031 3316 9032

$$

EEC

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 280931
SVSJAN

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

MSC051-281000-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0345.000000T0000Z-051128T1000Z/
HOLMES MS-
330 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR WESTERN HOLMES
COUNTY...

AT 328 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TCHULA...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL PASS ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON BY 340 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 9038 3294 9012 3327 8994 3334 9015
      3336 9024 3332 9031 3316 9032

$$

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, 2:03 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, 3:36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.