21 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Mar 26, 3:05 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 305 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 ...DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK TONIGHT... .SHORT TERM...FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER PATTERN IS SETTING UP FOR THE REGION. PARAMETERS ARE COMING TOGETHER AS A WARM FRONT IS PUSHING NORTH THROUGH THE REGION AND A POWERFULL UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHES FROM TEH WEST. BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE IS ON THE INCREASE...WITH THE VERY MOIST MARINE LAYER BEGINNING TO SURGE NORTH THROUGH SE LA AND SRN MS. THE MID TO UPPER LEVEL JET IS NOSING INTO SRN LA/SW MS THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW STRONG DESTABILIZATION FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON...850 MB THETAE VALUES NEAR 340 K WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES STRONG SHORTWAVE IMAGERY POISED TO TRACK INTO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE LAPSE RATES REMAIN HEALTHY SO THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES REMAIN GOOD FOR THE REGION. THE TORNADO AND DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL WILL DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD FOR SEVERE STORMS LOOKS TO BE FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH 3 AM. SUPERCELLS WILL BE LIKELY WITH DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT.A PRIMED AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE WHEN DYNAMICS INTENSIFY THIS EVENING. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN IN RESPONSE TO THE SURFACE LOW CENTER THAT WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL LA BY SUNSET AND LIFT NWD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE NIGHT. THE UPPER JET...JET CORE MAX WINDS FORECAST AROUND 150 KTS...IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT PUSHES NEWD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND 850 MB FLOW INCREASES TO 35-40 KTS. A MIDLEVEL JET OF AROUND 90 KNOTS WILL COME IN ON THE BACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM EARLY SUNDAY. FOR SUNDAY... DURING THE DAY SUNDAY THE ASSOCIATED CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL PASS OVER THE REGION. COOL MIDLEVEL TEMPS(-15 TO NEAR -20C) WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL WITH THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CONTINUE SOME DECENT LAPSE RATES ACROSS THE REGION. ALSO EXPECT SOME WRAP AROUND CLOUDS WITH THIS SYSTEM. WILL INCREASE POPS SOME ACROSS THE REGION. DESPITE THE DRYING AIRMASS ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...LARGE SCALE QG FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER-LEVEL SYSTEM MAY PROVIDE SOME AID FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OUR AREA THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. MODELS DO POINT TO SOME GUSTY WINDS MIXING DOWN DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 30 MPH. IN LIGHT OF THE DANGEROUS SCENARIO TAKING SHAPE FOR TONIGHT...WILL LET LATER SHIFTS CONSIDER THE WIND SITUATION FOR ON ANY POSSIBLE LAKE WIND ADVISORY THAT MAY BE NEEDED./17/ SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY... EXPECT THE MID LEVEL COLD CORE TO TRAVERSE THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. STRONG HEIGHT FALLS ASSOC WITH THE TROUGH PASSAGE WILL SQUEEZE OUT LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. EXPECT STRONG SUBSIDENCE WILL PREVENT STRATUS FROM HANGING AROUND TO LONG MONDAY. /EC/ .LONG TERM...12Z GFS SHOWS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HANDLING THE MID WEEK STORM SYSTEM. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH COULD INCITE ENOUGH WARM ADVECTION AND LIFT TO BRING RAIN CHANCES AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY...SO HAVE INTRODUCED RAIN CHANCES FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT...DID NOT WANT TO BREAK MUCH FROM CONTINUITY AND GO EARLIER THAN THAT. OTHERWISE...THERE ARE INIDICATIONS FOR A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA SOMETIME AROUND THE THURSDAY TIME FRAME. GIVEN ALL THE ATTENTION ON THE CURRENT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT...WILL FOREGO ANY MENTION OF THE SYSTEM IN THE HWO. IT APPEARS NEXT WEEKEND WILL SEE THE WEATHER DRY OUT. /EC/ && .AVIATION... HAVE PUT IN GR -(LARGE HAIL POTENTIAL) IN TAFS ALONG WITH GUSTS OF 25-50KNTS WITH SEVERE STORMS. KEPT IFR CONDITIONS WITH CONVECTION. STORMS SHOULD DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAY HAVE SMALL HAIL IN TAF SITES ON SUNDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COOL UPPER LOW. /17/ && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM: 17 LONG TERM: EC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 241 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 272041- 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- 241 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANASAS AND MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FOR TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES WILL OCCUR WITH SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP ANYWHERE IN THE REGION FOR TONIGHT. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT TO THE NORTH THROUGH MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA BY THIS EVENING. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF GULF MOISTURE THAT WILL SURGE INLAND BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY DESTABILIZE THE AIR MASS. WIND FLOW WILL INTENSIFY THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT TO INCREASE WIND SHEAR...AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT TO SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. AS A STRONG JET STREAM CORE PUNCHES INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING AND A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS ACROSS THE AREA..STRONG DYNAMICS WILL SUPPORT DEEP CONVECTION ACROSS THE REGION. THERE IS A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES ACROSS THE WHOLE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST. ON SUNDAY THERE WILL THE POTENTIAL OF SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM PASSES OVERHEAD. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. ...FLOODING... PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PONDING WATER CAN BE EXPECTED ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS IN THE VICINITY OF STORMS. RAINFALL INTENSITY WILL DECREASE FROM THE WEST AROUND MIDNIGHT BUT PERIODS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT FOR EAST MISSISSIPPI AREAS. ...NON PRECIPITATION... AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM PASSES OVERHEAD DURING THE DAY SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH SUSTAIN WINDS OF 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 30 MPH DURING MAINLY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
430 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0429 PM HAIL 1 N BROOKHAVEN 31.60N 90.45W
03/26/2005 0.88 INCH LINCOLN MS EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL ONE MILE
NORTH OF THE BROOKHAVEN CITY LIMITS.
&&
CAW/CABPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
434 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM HAIL 3 SE ELLISVILLE 31.57N 89.17W
03/26/2005 1.75 INCH JONES MS EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ELLISVILLE.
&&
CAW/CABPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
442 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM HAIL 3 N JONESVILLE 31.67N 91.83W
03/26/2005 1.00 INCH CATAHOULA LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
PARISH POLICE REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL HALFWAY BETWEEN
JONESVILLE AND HARRISONBURG NEAR THE SANDY LAKE
COMMUNITY.
&&
CAW/CABPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
444 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM HAIL 2 S BROOKHAVEN 31.55N 90.45W
03/26/2005 0.75 INCH LINCOLN MS AMATEUR RADIO
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED PENNY SIZED HAIL ABOUT 2
MILES SOUTH OF BROOKHAVEN.
&&
CAW/CABPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
454 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM TORNADO 7 W MONTICELLO 31.55N 90.23W
03/26/2005 LAWRENCE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEE REPORTED A TORNADO HEADED TOWARD
MONTICELLO. THIS EMPLOYEE WAS ON HWY 84 HEADED TOWARD
BROOKHAVEN.
&&
CAW/CABPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
456 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0438 PM HAIL SANDERSVILLE 31.79N 89.04W
03/26/2005 1.75 INCH JONES MS FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
FIREMAN REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN THE TOWN OF
SANDERSVILLE.
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CAW/CABThe Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
21 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
This supercell thunderstorm moved out of northern Marion county, then across southeast Jefferson Davis county before moving into central Covington county. This storm continued to intensify and produced penny to ping pong ball sized hail as it moved north northeast across southeast Jefferson Davis county.
The supercell thunderstorm, which moved across southeast Jefferson Davis county, moved across the entire central portion of Covington county from 6 miles south-southwest of Seminary to 6 miles north-northeast of Seminary. This storm produced hail from quarter to golf ball to baseball sized hail. The largest hail occurred around and just north of Seminary where baseball sized hail occurred. This large hail damaged several vehicles and homes. Also along the storms path, hail accumulated to a few inches deep.
The long lived supercell thunderstorm continued out east-central Covington county and into west-central Jones county as it moved north-northeast. The first few miles into the county, the storm produced quarter to golf ball sized hail. As the storm moved near Soso, the hail became smaller and was near nickel size.
The intense left moving supercell thunderstorm continued to move northward out of Hinds county into Yazoo county near the Bentonia area. This storm produced a swath of quarter to golf ball to tennis ball sized hail from around Bentonia to the Benton area. The largest hail occurred in Bentonia to 5 miles north of Bentonia where golf ball to tennis ball sized hail was driven by 80 to 90 mph winds. This large hail damaged vehicles, broke windows and punched holes in siding.
This tornado moved into far northern Adams county after crossing the Mississippi River from Concordia parish. This tornado moved just north of the Pine Ridge Community and uprooted/snapped a few hundred trees. One hunting camp was destroyed by large fallen trees along Church Hill Road. This tornado continued to track north-northeast into southwest Jefferson county where it dissipated one mile into the county. The total path length across Concordia parish, Adams and Jefferson counties was 9 miles.
Another tornado developed just to the south of where the first northern Adams county tornado tracked. This tornado first touched down 3 miles north of the Pine Ridge Community and tracked north-northeast into Jefferson county where it dissipated 1 mile southeast of Church Hill. Dozens of trees were uprooted/snapped along the 8 mile path across northern Adams and southwest Jefferson counties.
The same left moving supercell thunderstorm that brought the large hail, also brought devastating straight line winds to a good portion of central Yazoo county from Bentonia to north of Benton. Several hundred trees and dozens of power lines were blown down or snapped. One tree and power line landed on a car and caused an injury. The most significant wind damage occurred from Bentonia to around Little Yazoo. Here the winds were estimated around 90 mph. Many structures sustained major to minor damage with all or a portion of the roof blown off, siding peeled off and windows broken. The Bentonia-Gibbs School had a good portion of its roof blown off and sustained water damage. Additionally, three businesses had major damage, three with minor, six mobile homes were destroyed and nine sustained major damage, twenty-seven homes sustained minor damage and seven sheds were destroyed. An area just north of Benton and west of Midway was a focus for additional trees and power line damage.
A supercell thunderstorm, which previously produced two tornadoes, continued to track east-northeast across central Jefferson county. This storm produced a swath of nickel to quarter sized hail from near Church Hill to just northeast of Fayette.
A three mile swath of significant wind damage ocNumerous trees and several power lines were blown down, just north of Bolton, on Bolton-Brownsville Road and just east of B
A supercell thunderstorm intensified across eastern Warren county and moved east-northeast across portions of central Hinds county. This storm produced a swath of nickel to ping pong ball sized hail from Edwards to Bolton to Clinton. This hail caused minor damage to many roofs and vehicles.
This tornado touched down 6 miles east-northeast of Fayette and tracked east-northeast into southwest Claiborne county south of Peyton. A few hundred trees were uprooted and snapped along the path as well as one home which sustained roof damage. The total path length across northeast Jefferson and southwest Claiborne county was 10 miles.
Several trees and power lines were blown down between Tolarville to just south of Tchula.
Several trees and large limbs were blown down.
Numerous trees and several power lines were blown down, just north of Bolton, on Bolton-Brownsville Road and just east of BrownsSeveral trees and large limbs
This tornado developed just inside Claiborne county, 1 mile southeast of Burnell, and tracked north-northeast for about 4 miles into southwest Copiah county. This tornado uprooted and snapped several dozen trees as it moved across the Barlow Road and highway 547 areas.
Penny sized hail covered the ground.
A few trees were blown down.
Several trees and large limbs were blown down near State Highway 28 and Barlow Road.
Numerous trees and several power lines were blown down from central Lincoln county to east-central Lincoln county as a supercell thunderstorm moved across the area. The damage occurred from near the Loyd Star Community to Heuks Retreat to around Woolworth.
A few trees and power lines were blown down just south of Morton.
Several trees were blown down, one fell on a house and another on a camper. The severe winds also destroyed a out shed.
A few trees were blown down with one large tree blown across State Highway 27.
Several trees and a power line were blown down.
This tornado touched down just to the northeast of Hebron and tracked east-northeast for 2 miles. Numerous large trees were uprooted across Atkinson and Sykes Roads.
Several power poles and power lines were blown down.
A swath of penny to quarter sized hail fell from just south of the Meehan Community to around Marion.
Several trees were blown down along State Highway 11 between Enterprise and Wautubbee.
A supercell thunderstorm re-intensified across east-central Lauderdale county and produced penny to golf ball sized hail from near the Zero Community to just southeast of Kewanee.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 2005Warnings in Mississippi, March 2005
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