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Tornado Warning 357, NWS Jackson, MS

January 13, 2005Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2005, 6:24 AM CST for Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 66 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 13, 2005, 6:24 AM CST (12:24 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2005, 7:30 AM CST
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:27 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.

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 13, 2:25 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jan 13, 5:45 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 52 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: 689 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 310 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 340 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 6.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 131224
TORJAN
MSC127-129-131330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
624 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 730 AM CST

* AT 624 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  RALEIGH...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MAGEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF RALEIGH BY 630 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 3204 8983 3193 8972 3211 8933 3221 8942
      3222 8967 3206 8973

$$

CAB

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jan 13, 3:40 AM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 3:40 AM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
340 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

...SEVERE WEATHER EVENT TAKEN PLACE ACROSS FORECAST AREA THIS
MORNING...

.SHORT TERM...
CURRENTLY...IR SAT IMAGERY DEPICTS A VIGOROUS...POSITIVELY TILTED
UPPER TROUGH CARVING IT/S WAY INTO THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
...MOVING TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION. IN RESPONSE...SFC
LOW PRESSURE IS DEVELOPING AND DEEPENING OVER THE MID TO UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. IR SAT AND AREA RADARS SHOW THE INTENSE SQUALL
LINE MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERN END OF THE FORECAST AREA...EXTENDING
FROM NEAR GREENWOOD TO APPROACHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WITH SOME
STRONG CELLS TRACKING NORTHEAST AHEAD OF THE LINE. THERE HAVE BEEN
SOME BOW SEGMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INTENSE LINE. TORNADO WATCH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM FOR THE WEST HALF OF THE REGION...EXPECT
WATCHES TO EXTEND ACROSS THE EAST HALF THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
MORNING HOURS...BEFORE THE LINE EXITS TO THE REGION BY AFTERNOON.
THE ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT WAS NOTED FROM WESTERN ARKANSAS
INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS. BROAD SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTH
AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS HAS TEMPS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S
WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S.

MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE...WILL BE SQUALL LINE TIMING AND POTENTIAL
FOR PRE-LINE SUPERCELLS FOR THIS MORNING. FOR THIS AFTERNOON
WILL KEEP CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST AS
THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH TODAY. THE HIGHEST TEMPS FOR TODAY WILL
BE EARLY THIS MORNING AS TEMPS FALL THROUGH THE 60 TO 50S. FOR
TONIGHT WILL KEEP SOME POST FRONT LIGHT RAIN ENDING FROM THE WEST
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. FOR FRIDAY HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR
NORTH WILL PLACE THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY IN A COLD AND DRY AIR
ADVECTION REGIME. THIS WILL SET TEMPS BACK TO SEASONAL AVERAGES.

.LONG TERM...
NOT MUCH TO BELABOR IN THE EXTENDED TODAY. FAVORED THE COMBO OF
GFS/ECMWF FOR THE PARTICULARS.

QUIET...CONDITIONS TYPICAL FOR JANUARY ARE ON TAP FOR THE WEEKEND
AND FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. A LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL POSITIONED OVER
THE EASTERN CONUS THIS WEEKEND FLATTENING TO A MORE ZONAL
ORIENTATION BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERS REMAINING
TO OUR NORTH OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...HIGH TEMPS WILL BE NEAR
SEASONAL AVERAGES. LOW TEMPS WILL VARY DEPENDENT UPON THE AMOUNT OF
DRYING/CLEARING EXPECTED. DEWPOINTS WILL CERTAINLY BE CUT IN THE
WAKE OF THURSDAY/S FRONTAL PASSAGE...HOWEVER THE SUBTROPICAL JET
WILL REMAIN WEST SOUTHWEST AND CUT ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WOULD
LEAVE OUR AREA PRONE TO BOUTS WITH OCCASIONAL CIRRUS. GIVEN THE
AFOREMENTIONED SYNOPTIC SET UP...FAVORED LOW TEMPS IN THE LOWER 30S
MOST AREAS. LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT
WEDNESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...
WILL SEE ISOLATED SITES FALL TO IFR IN HEAVIER RAINFALL WITH
STRONGEST STORMS BUT CEILINGS GENERALLY IN MVFR RANGE ALONG SQUALL
LINE THAT WILL SHIFT EWD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. WILL
SEE VFR CONDITIONS TO REAR OF SQUALL LINE BEFORE LOW CLOUDS FILL
BACK IN COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. GENERALLY MVFR
STRATOCU IN PLACE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON...ERODING FROM THE WEST
TONIGHT. PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS RELATIVELY TIGHT SO WILL MAINTAIN
GUSTY NLY WIND BEHIND THE BOUNDARY TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       69  37  52  30/  100   20   0   0
MERIDIAN      70  36  54  30/  100   40   0   0

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.MS...NONE.
.LA...NONE.
.AR...NONE.

&&

17

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 6:04 AM CST, 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
0604 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
141204-
ADAMS-ASHLEY-ATTALA-BOLIVAR-CARROLL-CATAHOULA-CHICOT-CHOCTAW-
CLAIBORNE-CLARKE-CLAY-CONCORDIA-COPIAH-COVINGTON-EAST CARROLL-
FORREST-FRANKLIN LA-FRANKLIN MS-GRENADA-HINDS-HOLMES-HUMPHREYS-
ISSAQUENA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-JONES-KEMPER-LAMAR-
LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEAKE-LEFLORE-LINCOLN-LOWNDES-MADISON LA-
MADISON MS-MARION-MONTGOMERY-MOREHOUSE-NESHOBA-NEWTON-NOXUBEE-
OKTIBBEHA-RANKIN-RICHLAND-SCOTT-SHARKEY-SIMPSON-SMITH-SUNFLOWER-
TENSAS-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WEST CARROLL-WINSTON-YAZOO-
0604 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...THUNDERSTORMS...
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER SECTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND EAST MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
RISK WILL BE DAMAGING WIND. ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS POSITIONED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE ACROSS EAST MISSISSIPPI BY MID
MORNING. THESE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT
THAT WILL SHIFT INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  ISOLATED STORMS IN
THE LINE WILL BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND FROM 60 TO
70 MPH. THEY WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WEAK
TORNADOES.

THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL DIMINISH FROM THE WEST AS THE LINE
ADVANCES THIS MORNING. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL END
AT MOST LOCATIONS BY NOON.

STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS POSSIBLE SEVERE
WEATHER EVENT FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON.

...FLOODING...
GIVEN THE NEAR SATURATED STATE OF THE SOILS...PONDING ON AREA
ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY  THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DEVELOP. MINOR STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...HAM RADIO
OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NEEDED
IN SUPPORT OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER OPERATIONS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 13, 3:53 AM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
353 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0258 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E START               32.49N 91.81W
01/13/2005                   RICHLAND           LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN EAST OF START.

0300 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MANGHAM                 32.31N 91.78W
01/13/2005                   RICHLAND           LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN ON HOUSES.

&&

CME

Local storm report, Jan 13, 5:04 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
504 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0452 AM     TSTM WND GST     YAZOO CITY              32.86N 90.41W
01/13/2005  60 MPH           YAZOO              MS   AIRPLANE PILOT

            PILOT REPORTED WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH ALONG
            HIGHWAY 49.

0452 AM     HAIL             YAZOO CITY              32.86N 90.41W
01/13/2005  0.75 INCH        YAZOO              MS   AIRPLANE PILOT

            PILOT REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 49.

&&

CME

Special weather statement, Jan 13, 5:40 AM CST, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
0540 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>027-034>036-
040>042-047-053-059-060-131240-
ASHLEY AR-CHICOT AR-CATAHOULA LA-CONCORDIA LA-EAST CARROLL LA-
FRANKLIN LA-MADISON LA-MOREHOUSE LA-RICHLAND LA-TENSAS LA-WEST
CARROLL LA-ADAMS MS-BOLIVAR MS-CARROLL MS-CLAIBORNE MS-GRENADA MS-
HOLMES MS-HUMPHREYS MS-ISSAQUENA MS-JEFFERSON MS-LEFLORE MS-SHARKEY
MS-SUNFLOWER MS-WARREN MS-WASHINGTON MS-YAZOO MS-

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:

IN ARKANSAS...
ASHLEY...       CHICOT...

IN LOUISIANA...
CATAHOULA...    CONCORDIA...    EAST CARROLL... FRANKLIN...
MADISON...      MOREHOUSE...    RICHLAND...     TENSAS...
WEST CARROLL...

IN MISSISSIPPI...
ADAMS...        BOLIVAR...      CARROLL...      CLAIBORNE...
GRENADA...      HOLMES...       HUMPHREYS...    ISSAQUENA...
JEFFERSON...    LEFLORE...      SHARKEY...      SUNFLOWER...
WARREN...       WASHINGTON...   YAZOO...

MSZ028>030-032-033-037-038-043>045-048>050-054>056-061>064-131240-
ATTALA MS-CHOCTAW MS-CLAY MS-COPIAH MS-FRANKLIN MS-HINDS MS-
JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-LAWRENCE MS-LEAKE MS-LINCOLN MS-MADISON MS-
MONTGOMERY MS-NESHOBA MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-RANKIN MS-SCOTT MS-SIMPSON MS-
SMITH MS-WEBSTER MS-WINSTON MS-

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN MISSISSIPPI...
ATTALA...       CHOCTAW...      CLAY...         COPIAH...
FRANKLIN...     HINDS...        JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAWRENCE...
LEAKE...        LINCOLN...      MADISON...      MONTGOMERY...
NESHOBA...      OKTIBBEHA...    RANKIN...       SCOTT...
SIMPSON...      SMITH...        WEBSTER...      WINSTON...

CRAVEN

Local storm report, Jan 13, 5:56 AM CST, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
556 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0323 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WISNER                  31.98N 91.66W
01/13/2005                   FRANKLIN           LA   AMATEUR RADIO

            HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED THAT A HOME SUSTAINED ROOF
            DAMAGE, 2 SHEDS WERE DESTROYED, AND SEVERAL TREES ARE

            DOWN ACROSS THE CITY WITH SOME TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.

&&

CAMPBELL

Local storm report, Jan 13, 6:23 AM CST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
623 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DOWNTOWN JACKSON        32.30N 90.19W
01/13/2005                   HINDS              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED TREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF
            JACKSON AND OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT HINDS COUNTY.

&&

CAMPBELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 2:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	35 min
Jan 13, 3:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	49 min
Jan 13, 4:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower	28 min
Jan 13, 4:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	10 min
Jan 13, 4:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	73 min
Jan 13, 4:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	56 min
Jan 13, 5:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	53 min
Jan 13, 5:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	65 min
Jan 13, 5:52 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Montgomery	38 min
Jan 13, 5:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Webster	61 min
Jan 13, 6:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala	30 min
Jan 13, 6:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	39 min
Jan 13, 6:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	52 min
Jan 13, 6:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	38 min
Jan 13, 6:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	50 min
Jan 13, 6:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	45 min
Jan 13, 6:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	29 min
Jan 13, 6:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	52 min
Jan 13, 7:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	58 min
Jan 13, 7:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	39 min
Jan 13, 7:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	52 min
Jan 13, 7:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Marion	59 min
Jan 13, 7:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	65 min
Jan 13, 7:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale, Newton	60 min
Jan 13, 7:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	53 min
Jan 13, 7:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	48 min
Jan 13, 7:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee	18 min
Jan 13, 7:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	59 min
Jan 13, 8:11 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	2 hr
Jan 13, 8:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	53 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.