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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

March 20, 2006Clarke County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 20, 2006, 1:08 PM CST for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2006, 1:08 PM CST (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 20, 2006, 2:00 PM CST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clarke County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 20, 1:25 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Stonewall, MS	TREES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 420 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 432 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 201908
TORJAN
MSC023-202000-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0021.060320T1908Z-060320T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
108 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF QUITMAN

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 108 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF STONEWALL...OR ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF QUITMAN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  STONEWALL BY 120 PM CST...
  QUITMAN BY 125 PM 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.

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 3223 8891 3222 8844 3219 8845 3197 8848
      3187 8891

$$

GARRETT

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 201939
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
139 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

MSC023-202000-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060320T2000Z/
CLARKE MS-
139 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR EASTERN CLARKE
COUNTY...

AT 136 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CLARKE COUNTY STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUITMAN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CLARKE COUNTY AT 150 PM 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.

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 3222 8861 3222 8844 3219 8845 3197 8848
      3191 8883

$$

GARRETT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 20, 11:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	64 min
Mar 20, 11:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence	28 min
Mar 20, 11:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	46 min
Mar 20, 11:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington	46 min
Mar 20, 12:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	56 min
Mar 20, 12:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones, Smith	46 min
Mar 20, 12:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	36 min
Mar 20, 1:00 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Hinds, Rankin, Warren	3 hr
Mar 20, 1:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	49 min
Mar 20, 1:34 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	116 min
Mar 20, 1:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	31 min
Mar 20, 1:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	58 min
Mar 20, 1:56 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln	3 hr
Mar 20, 2:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lincoln	42 min
Mar 20, 2:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	60 min
Mar 20, 2:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence	44 min
Mar 20, 2:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	29 min
Mar 20, 2:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	29 min
Mar 20, 2:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington	49 min
Mar 20, 2:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	27 min
Mar 20, 2:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones, Smith	47 min
Mar 20, 3:09 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	3 hr
Mar 20, 3:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	36 min
Mar 20, 3:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	35 min
Mar 20, 3:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	46 min
Mar 20, 3:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	45 min
Mar 20, 3:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	31 min
Mar 20, 4:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.