Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 7:34 AM CST for Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 56 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, 7:34 AM CST (13:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2005, 8:30 AM CST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 1:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 6:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 221334 TORJAN MSC127-129-221430- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0008.050322T1334Z-050322T1430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 734 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MENDENHALL...MAGEE CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 830 AM CST * AT 734 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MENDENHALL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MAGEE BY 745 AM CST 8 MILES SOUTH OF RALEIGH BY 810 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. LAT...LON 3196 8995 3183 8994 3183 8934 3207 8934 $$ CME
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KJAN 221353 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 752 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 MSC127-129-221430- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050322T1430Z/ SMITH MS-SIMPSON MS- 752 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM CST FOR EASTERN SIMPSON AND CENTRAL SMITH COUNTIES... AT 749 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MAGEE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MIZE BY 805 AM CST IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3199 8978 3183 8979 3183 8934 3207 8934 $$ CME
000 WWUS54 KJAN 221410 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 810 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 MSC127-221420- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050322T1430Z/ SIMPSON MS- 810 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SIMPSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. LAT...LON 3203 8956 3183 8959 3183 8934 3207 8934 $$ MSC129-221430- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050322T1430Z/ SMITH MS- 810 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM CST FOR CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY... AT 805 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIZE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF MAGEE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SMITH COUNTY AT 820 AM CST IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3203 8956 3183 8959 3183 8934 3207 8934 $$ CME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 57 min |
| Mar 22, 5:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 48 min |
| Mar 22, 5:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 53 min |
| Mar 22, 5:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 56 min |
| Mar 22, 5:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 54 min |
| Mar 22, 5:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 51 min |
| Mar 22, 5:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 62 min |
| Mar 22, 6:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 81 min |
| Mar 22, 6:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Mar 22, 6:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 30 min |
| Mar 22, 6:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 51 min |
| Mar 22, 7:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 67 min |
| Mar 22, 7:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 58 min |
| Mar 22, 7:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 53 min |
| Mar 22, 7:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 44 min |
| Mar 22, 7:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 37 min |
| Mar 22, 8:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 52 min |
| Mar 22, 8:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 60 min |
| Mar 22, 8:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 53 min |
| Mar 22, 8:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 47 min |
| Mar 22, 8:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 25 min |
| Mar 22, 8:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 25 min |
| Mar 22, 8:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 49 min |
| Mar 22, 8:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 55 min |
| Mar 22, 9:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 58 min |
| Mar 22, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 49 min |
| Mar 22, 4:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln | 41 min |
| Mar 22, 4:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln | 52 min |
| Mar 22, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 29 min |
| Mar 22, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith | 28 min |
| Mar 22, 5:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 39 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.