Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 38, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2005, 6:40 AM CDT for Rankin County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 65 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
- Apr 6, 2005, 6:40 AM CDT (11:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2005, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
Counties Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 15 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 061140
TORJAN
MSC121-127-061245-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0038.050406T1140Z-050406T1245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
640 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BRANDON
NORTHWESTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 745 AM CDT
* AT 640 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 21 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FLORENCE...OR ABOUT NEAR HAZLEHURST...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
FLORENCE BY 700 AM CDT
STAR AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINEY WOODS BY 705 AM CDT
BRANDON BY 715 AM CDT
PELAHATCHIE BY 730 AM CDT
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THIS IS A
VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
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 3207 9025 3192 9016 3220 8973 3236 8973
3257 8978 3218 9019
$$
CME3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 061209
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
708 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005
MSC127-061218-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050406T1245Z/
SIMPSON MS-
708 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SIMPSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3206 9021 3206 9004 3222 8974 3236 8973
3257 8978 3218 9019
$$
MSC121-061245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050406T1245Z/
RANKIN MS-
708 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR RANKIN COUNTY...
AT 706 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STAR...OR ABOUT 10
MILES SOUTH OF RICHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BRANDON BY 725 AM CDT
I-20 EXIT 59 US HWY 80 EAST BRANDON BY 730 AM CDT
PELAHATCHIE AND I-20 EXIT 68 HWY 43 AT PELAHATCHIE BY 740 AM CDT
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEESBURG BY 745 AM CDT
THERE ARE FUNNEL CLOUDS BEING OBSERVED ON THE STORM CURRENTLY
AND A TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO TOUCH DOWN AT ANY TIME TAKE YOUR
TORNADO SAFETY PRECAUTIONS NOW
LAT...LON 3206 9021 3206 9004 3222 8974 3236 8973
3257 8978 3218 9019
$$
BYB/50000
WWUS54 KJAN 061227
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
726 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005
MSC121-061245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050406T1245Z/
RANKIN MS-
726 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR RANKIN COUNTY...
AT 724 AM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND JUST SOUTH OF
BRANDON. THE TORNADO IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
I-20 EXIT 59 US HWY 80 EAST BRANDON BY 730 AM CDT
PELAHATCHIE AND I-20 EXIT 68 HWY 43 AT PELAHATCHIE BY 740 AM CDT
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEESBURG BY 745 AM CDT
REPEAT...THIS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND CURRENTLY TAKE TORNADO
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY
LAT...LON 3217 9010 3213 8999 3225 8976 3236 8973
3257 8978 3222 9012
$$
BYB/50000
WWUS54 KJAN 061239
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
737 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005
MSC121-061245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050406T1245Z/
RANKIN MS-
737 AM CDT WED APR 6 2005
...A TORNADO EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR RANKIN COUNTY...
AT 731 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST BRANDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEESBURG BY 745 AM CDT
LAT...LON 3224 9002 3222 8987 3227 8978 3236 8973
3257 8978 3229 9003
REPEAT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED ON THE GROUND. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE YOUR TORNADO SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
$$
BYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey | 58 min |
| Apr 6, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Yazoo | 67 min |
| Apr 6, 4:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 5:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 57 min |
| Apr 6, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 70 min |
| Apr 6, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 53 min |
| Apr 6, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 55 min |
| Apr 6, 6:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 41 min |
| Apr 6, 6:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 49 min |
| Apr 6, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 70 min |
| Apr 6, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 64 min |
| Apr 6, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 60 min |
| Apr 6, 7:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 54 min |
| Apr 6, 7:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 64 min |
| Apr 6, 8:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 8:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 67 min |
| Apr 6, 8:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 8:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 42 min |
| Apr 6, 8:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 56 min |
| Apr 6, 8:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 39 min |
| Apr 6, 8:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 58 min |
| Apr 6, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 26 min |
| Apr 6, 8:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 64 min |
| Apr 6, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 60 min |
| Apr 6, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 62 min |
| Apr 6, 9:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 43 min |
| Apr 6, 9:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 65 min |
| Apr 6, 9:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala | 2 hr |
| Apr 6, 9:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 55 min |
| Apr 6, 9:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 63 min |
| Apr 6, 9:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 60 min |
| Apr 6, 9:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 4 hr |
| Apr 6, 9:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 50 min |
| Apr 6, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore | 60 min |
| Apr 6, 9:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 62 min |
| Apr 6, 10:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 58 min |
| Apr 6, 10:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 10:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 68 min |
| Apr 6, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 63 min |
| Apr 6, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 47 min |
| Apr 6, 10:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 59 min |
| Apr 6, 10:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 67 min |
| Apr 6, 10:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 61 min |
| Apr 6, 10:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Montgomery | 56 min |
| Apr 6, 10:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones, Smith | 65 min |
| Apr 6, 10:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 62 min |
| Apr 6, 11:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson | 25 min |
| Apr 6, 11:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala | 118 min |
| Apr 6, 11:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 54 min |
| Apr 6, 11:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 53 min |
| Apr 6, 11:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 66 min |
| Apr 6, 11:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 62 min |
| Apr 6, 12:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 58 min |
| Apr 6, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 54 min |
| Apr 6, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 74 min |
| Apr 6, 12:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 64 min |
| Apr 6, 1:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 52 min |
| Apr 6, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 55 min |
| Apr 6, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 24 min |
| Apr 6, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Simpson | 53 min |
| Apr 6, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison | 42 min |
| Apr 6, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 56 min |
| Apr 6, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 69 min |
| Apr 6, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Apr 6, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 58 min |
| Apr 6, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 41 min |
| Apr 6, 2:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 113 min |
| Apr 6, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 77 min |
| Apr 6, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 54 min |
| Apr 6, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar | 39 min |
| Apr 6, 2:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 2 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Apr 6, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 60 min |
| Apr 6, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 58 min |
| Apr 6, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Leake, Neshoba | 54 min |
| Apr 6, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Montgomery | 67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.