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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Jackson, MS

March 13, 2005Warren County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2005, 6:58 PM CST for Warren County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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: Mar 13, 2005, 6:58 PM CST (00:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2005, 7:45 PM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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
Mar 13, 2:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 544 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 140058
TORJAN
MSC149-140145-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0006.050314T0058Z-050314T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
658 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VICKSBURG

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 658 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES WEST OF
  VICKSBURG...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF TALLULAH...MOVING EAST AT 45
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF VICKSBURG BY 715 PM CST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

LAT...LON 3222 9111 3215 9111 3215 9079 3233 9069
      3234 9085 3230 9098 3222 9098

$$

CME

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 140141
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
741 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005

MSC149-140151-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050314T0145Z/
WARREN MS-
741 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WARREN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 745 PM CST...

THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3222 9111 3215 9111 3215 9079 3233 9069
      3234 9085 3230 9098 3222 9098

$$

CME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 6:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	66 min
Mar 13, 6:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	62 min
Mar 13, 6:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	77 min
Mar 13, 6:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	72 min
Mar 13, 6:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee	47 min
Mar 13, 6:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	57 min
Mar 13, 6:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada	63 min
Mar 13, 7:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	53 min
Mar 13, 7:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Webster	49 min
Mar 13, 7:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott, Smith	56 min
Mar 13, 7:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes	37 min
Mar 13, 7:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	45 min
Mar 13, 7:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne	44 min
Mar 13, 7:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Webster	55 min
Mar 13, 7:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton	53 min
Mar 13, 7:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds	79 min
Mar 13, 7:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	77 min
Mar 13, 8:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	55 min
Mar 13, 8:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	49 min
Mar 13, 8:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	63 min
Mar 13, 8:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	60 min
Mar 13, 8:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes	39 min
Mar 13, 8:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	54 min
Mar 13, 8:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	43 min
Mar 13, 8:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	46 min
Mar 13, 9:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	53 min
Mar 13, 9:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	55 min
Mar 13, 9:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	35 min
Mar 13, 9:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	60 min
Mar 13, 9:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	55 min
Mar 13, 10:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	61 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.