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Tornado Warning 352, NWS Jackson, MS

January 7, 2005Lamar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2005, 9:08 PM CST for Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 7, 2005, 9:08 PM CST (03:08 UTC)
Expired: Jan 7, 2005, 10:00 PM CST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Lamar County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 7, 8:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 108 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: 413 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 080308
TORJAN
MSC073-080400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
908 PM CST FRI JAN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1000 PM CST

* AT 907 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 21 MILES WEST OF
  PURVIS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PURVIS BY 935 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 3125 8963 3126 8962 3127 8950 3129 8948
      3129 8943 3132 8935 3109 8935 3107 8938
      3106 8964

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 7, 6:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	36 min
Jan 7, 7:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	45 min
Jan 7, 7:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	24 min
Jan 7, 8:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	26 min
Jan 7, 8:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	51 min
Jan 7, 8:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	39 min
Jan 7, 8:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper	47 min
Jan 7, 9:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	59 min
Jan 7, 9:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	40 min
Jan 7, 9:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jones	66 min
Jan 7, 9:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	64 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.