Funnel Cloud, Franklin
- When
- July 6, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Winnsboro
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.133, -91.674 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Louisiana, July 6, 2005
1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 6, 6:26 AM CST, 7 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 6:26 AM CST, 7 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
726 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005
.DISCUSSION...CINDY CONTINUES HER TREK ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE...CONVECTION HAS BEGUN TO FIRE ACROSS THE
DELTA AHEAD OF A FRONT STALLED WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SEEING
THIS...IVE DONE SOME REALIGNMENT OF RAIN CHANCES THIS MORNING BASED
ON ONGOING RADAR TRENDS.
I AM STILL HOPEFUL THAT ENOUGH DRY AIR WILL WORK ITS WAY INTO THE
FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PRE-FRONTAL
CONVECTION. NOTHING AFTER 1800 UTC WAS CHANGED.
UPDATED ISC GRIDS HAVE BEEN SENT AND WILL BE POSTED TO THE INTERNET
SHORTLY. AN UPDATED TEXT FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.
&&
.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM WEDNESDAY FOR MSZ052-MSZ057-MSZ058-
MSZ064-MSZ065-MSZ066-MSZ072-MSZ073-MSZ074.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM WEDNESDAY FOR MSZ052-MSZ057-MSZ058-
MSZ064-MSZ065-MSZ066-MSZ072-MSZ073-MSZ074.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&
BUTTSHazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 10:48 AM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1148 AM CDT WED JUL 06 2005 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 071648- ADAMS-ASHLEY-ATTALA-BOLIVAR-CARROLL-CATAHOULA-CHICOT-CHOCTAW- CLAIBORNE-CLARKE-CLAY-CONCORDIA-COPIAH-COVINGTON-EAST CARROLL- FORREST-FRANKLIN LA-FRANKLIN MS-GRENADA-HINDS-HOLMES-HUMPHREYS- ISSAQUENA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-JONES-KEMPER-LAMAR- LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEAKE-LEFLORE-LINCOLN-LOWNDES-MADISON LA- MADISON MS-MARION-MONTGOMERY-MOREHOUSE-NESHOBA-NEWTON-NOXUBEE- OKTIBBEHA-RANKIN-RICHLAND-SCOTT-SHARKEY-SIMPSON-SMITH-SUNFLOWER- TENSAS-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WEST CARROLL-WINSTON-YAZOO- 1148 AM CDT WED JUL 06 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...NON PRECIPITATION... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE AREA SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBIA TO MERIDIAN...WHERE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION CINDY WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER 4 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... KEEP ONE EYE ON THE TROPICS ONCE AGAIN AS THE HURRICANE CENTER CONTINUES TO ISSUE ADVISORIES FOR TROPICAL STORM DENNIS. DENNIS WILL LIKELY BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY AND CURRENTLY IS FORECASTED TO GET INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. THERE ARE CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS AS TO WHERE DENNIS WILL END UP BUT A FEW MODELS BRING THE SYSTEM INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AS A MAJOR HURRICANE SOME TIME MONDAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF DENNIS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE MORNING OF WEDNESDAY ...JULY 13. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 160 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, July 6 to 7, 2005
- Wildfire and Hail in Colorado, July 6 to 16, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 6, 2005
- Tropical Storm in Georgia, July 6 to 7, 2005
- Tornado in Alabama, July 6, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 6, 2005
- Tropical Storm in Mississippi, July 6, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 6, 2005
- Flash Flooding in Massachusetts, July 6, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 6, 2005
- Tornado in Alabama, July 6, 2005
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 6, 2005
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, July 2005
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5466888.