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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 7:46 AM CST for Jefferson Davis County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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, 7:46 AM CST (13:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2005, 8:30 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jefferson Davis County, MS, Marion County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:49 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, 6:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 221347
TORJAN
MSC065-091-221430-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0009.050322T1346Z-050322T1430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
746 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 830 AM CST
* AT 746 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
BASSFIELD...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
BASSFIELD BY 755 AM CST
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED 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.
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 3159 8995 3139 8997 3136 9003 3129 8966
3140 8966 3148 8959 3158 8967
$$
71 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KJAN 221422
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
821 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
MSC065-091-221431-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050322T1430Z/
MARION MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
821 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JEFFERSON DAVIS AND NORTHERN MARION COUNTIES
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED
OUT OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3159 8995 3139 8997 3136 9003 3129 8966
3140 8966 3148 8959 3158 8967
$$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, 7:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 56 min |
| Mar 22, 7:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 53 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.