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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jackson, MS

March 22, 2005Lawrence County, Lincoln County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 6:58 AM CST for Lawrence County, Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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 22, 2005, 6:58 AM CST (12:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2005, 7:49 AM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 22, 1:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 22, 6:55 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2005-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2005-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000
WFUS54 KJAN 221258
TORJAN
MSC077-085-221345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0007.050322T1258Z-050322T1345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
658 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 745 AM CST

* AT 658 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BOGUE
  CHITTO...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROOKHAVEN...MOVING EAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF MONTICELLO BY 735 AM CST

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 3150 9054 3137 9056 3137 9005 3141 8997
      3157 8998

$$

MME
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 221315
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
713 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

MSC077-085-221345-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050322T1345Z/
LINCOLN MS-LAWRENCE MS-
713 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN LAWRENCE
AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 708 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUTH...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TOPEKA BY 720 AM CST
 
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3150 9054 3137 9056 3137 9005 3141 8997
      3157 8998

$$
000
WWUS54 KJAN 221331
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
730 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

MSC085-221340-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050322T1345Z/
LINCOLN MS-
730 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3153 9025 3138 9024 3137 9005 3141 8997
      3157 8998

$$

MSC077-221345-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050322T1345Z/
LAWRENCE MS-
730 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN LAWRENCE
COUNTY...

AT 728 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA...MOVING EAST AT 40 
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 740 AM CST

THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3153 9025 3138 9024 3137 9005 3141 8997
      3157 8998

$$
7
000
WWUS54 KJAN 221349
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
749 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

MSC077-221359-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050322T1345Z/
LAWRENCE MS-
749 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 745 
AM CST. THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3153 9025 3138 9024 3137 9005 3141 8997
      3157 8998

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 2:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington57 min
Mar 22, 5:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams48 min
Mar 22, 5:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo53 min
Mar 22, 5:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams56 min
Mar 22, 5:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin54 min
Mar 22, 5:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson51 min
Mar 22, 5:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes62 min
Mar 22, 6:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison81 min
Mar 22, 6:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln61 min
Mar 22, 6:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin30 min
Mar 22, 7:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson67 min
Mar 22, 7:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence58 min
Mar 22, 7:34 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson, Smith56 min
Mar 22, 7:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis53 min
Mar 22, 7:46 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion44 min
Mar 22, 7:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion37 min
Mar 22, 8:08 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington52 min
Mar 22, 8:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar60 min
Mar 22, 8:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Jones53 min
Mar 22, 8:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones47 min
Mar 22, 8:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton25 min
Mar 22, 8:35 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJones25 min
Mar 22, 8:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba49 min
Mar 22, 8:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale55 min
Mar 22, 9:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale58 min
Mar 22, 3:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln49 min
Mar 22, 4:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Lawrence, Lincoln41 min
Mar 22, 4:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln52 min
Mar 22, 4:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence29 min
Mar 22, 5:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith28 min
Mar 22, 5:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper39 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.