This strong tornado touched down in the Red Lick Community, of Jefferson county, and tracked northeast into Claiborne county. Extensive tree damage occurred along the path with hundreds of trees uprooted and snapped.
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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.
The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
This strong tornado touched down in the Red Lick Community, of Jefferson county, and tracked northeast into Claiborne county. Extensive tree damage occurred along the path with hundreds of trees uprooted and snapped. One mobile home was destroyed and a framed house had most of the roof torn off and an outside wall blown out. One injury occurred as the mobile home was rolled over and destroyed.
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 Sep 24, 8:39 PM CST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
939 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
.DISCUSSION...TROPICAL STORM RITA CONTINUES TO SLOWLY MOVE
EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND
INSTABILITY EXIST ACROSS THE AREA AND SPIRAL BANDS OF CONVECTION ARE
CONTINUING TO SPREADING NORTHEAST...THUS THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS
CONTINUED THE TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4AM FOR MOST OF THE AREA. UPDATED THE
ZONES TO REFLECT THIS...OTHER THAN THAT THE REST OF THE FORECAST
LOOKS GOOD.
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON 75 84 72 85 / 90 90 80 40
MERIDIAN 73 84 69 85 / 90 80 90 60
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.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY FOR MSZ018-MSZ019-MSZ025-MSZ026-
MSZ027-MSZ028-MSZ034-MSZ035-MSZ036-MSZ037-MSZ040-MSZ041-
MSZ042-MSZ043-MSZ044-MSZ047-MSZ048-MSZ049-MSZ050-MSZ053-
MSZ054-MSZ055-MSZ056-MSZ059-MSZ060-MSZ061-MSZ062-MSZ063-
MSZ064.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY FOR MSZ026-MSZ027-MSZ028-
MSZ029-MSZ032-MSZ036-MSZ037-MSZ042-MSZ043-MSZ044-MSZ048-
MSZ049-MSZ050-MSZ053-MSZ054-MSZ055-MSZ059-MSZ060-MSZ061-
MSZ062-MSZ063.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY FOR MSZ053-MSZ059-MSZ060-
MSZ061.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY FOR MSZ018-MSZ019-MSZ025-MSZ034-
MSZ035-MSZ040-MSZ041-MSZ047.
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY FOR LAZ007-LAZ008-LAZ009-
LAZ015-LAZ016-LAZ023-LAZ024-LAZ025-LAZ026.
TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY FOR LAZ007-LAZ008-LAZ009-LAZ015-
LAZ016-LAZ023-LAZ024-LAZ025-LAZ026.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY FOR LAZ007-LAZ008-LAZ009-LAZ015-
LAZ016-LAZ023-LAZ024-LAZ025-LAZ026.
AR...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY FOR ARZ074-ARZ075.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY FOR ARZ074-ARZ075.
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15HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1015 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 260315- 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- 1015 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME ISOLATED BY MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER...THERE WILL STILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE NIGHT. LEVELS OF WIND SHEAR...INSTABILITY AND LIFT WILL BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TONIGHT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. EXPECT TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS TO BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE THE RISK FOR TORNADOES WILL EXIST IN ALL AREAS TONIGHT...IT SHOULD BE HIGHEST NORTH OF INTERSTATE TWENTY WHERE WIND SHEAR WILL BE MORE FAVORABLE. EXPECT LESSENING SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY TO LEAD TO WEAKENING OF STORMS BY MIDNIGHT...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOMORROW...THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE RITA WILL REMAIN NEARBY THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS INFLUENCE WILL CONTINUE TO FUEL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE DAY...AS WELL AS PROVIDING RATHER HIGH LEVELS OF WIND SHEAR. DUE TO THIS SHEAR...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...INSTABILITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN RATHER LOW IN MOST LOCATIONS...KEEPING THE OVERALL COVERAGE OF SEVERE STORMS ISOLATED. ...FLOODING... ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA...IT IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...WHERE SOME LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. WITH PLENTY OF TROPICAL MOISTURE FLOWING INTO THE REGION...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AS RAIN BANDS FROM HURRICANE RITA REPEATEDLY MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MAY REACH UP TO 8 INCHES IN ISOLATED SPOTS. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN IN SHORT AMOUNTS OF TIME...ALONG WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS...MAY LEAD TO RAPID RUN OFF AND FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BASTROP TO CLAYTON LOUISIANA TO BUDE MISSISSIPPI THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAIN AND PONDING CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING WATER TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS AND IN OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. ...NON PRECIPITATION... WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE STRONG OVER PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE RITA SPIN DOWN IN THE VICINITY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ALONG AND WEST OF A GREENWOOD...TO VICKSBURG...TO ACME LOUISIANA LINE. WINDS IN THESE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. ELSEWHERE...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN HOISTED TO COVER MUCH OF THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WIND FROM 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH EXPECTED. NO WIND-RELATED ADVISORIES ARE IN PLACE FOR THE EASTERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI...ALTHOUGH WINDS HERE COULD STILL GUST TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST AT 25 TO 35 MPH AT TIMES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AND LAKE WIND ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED IN MANY LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE REMNANTS OF RITA ARE NOW EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE REGION TOMORROW NIGHT...BRINGING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND STORMY WEATHER WITH IT...AT LEAST TEMPORARILY. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT...AND WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED NEXT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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
120 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1240 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE PACE 33.77N 90.83W
09/25/2005 BOLIVAR MS EMERGENCY MNGR
POSSIBLE TORNADO. TREES DOWN AND SOME DAMAGE TO A HOUSE
REPORTED.
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CALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
214 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0117 AM NON-TSTM WND GST MAGEE 31.87N 89.73W
09/25/2005 30 MPH SIMPSON MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
GRADIENT WIND...NO SHOWERS AROUND. LOCAL CABLE TV ANTENNA
BLOWN ONTO POWER LINE...KNOCKING DOWN ONE POWER POLE AND
BLOWING THREE TRANSFORMERS. ENTIRE TOWN LOST POWER AS A
RESULT. REPORT FROM MAGEE PD.
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CRAVENPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
218 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1139 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW DELHI 32.44N 91.51W
09/24/2005 RICHLAND LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN.
1240 AM TSTM WND DMG CLAYTON 31.72N 91.54W
09/25/2005 CONCORDIA LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TREE DOWN AND A TRAILER MOVED.
0100 AM FLASH FLOOD RAYVILLE 32.47N 91.76W
09/25/2005 RICHLAND LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED
THROUGHOUT PARISH.
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CALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
228 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1142 PM TSTM WND DMG LAKE PROVIDENCE 32.81N 91.18W
09/24/2005 EAST CARROLL LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN PARISH-WIDE.
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CALPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
347 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1243 AM TORNADO CLAYTON 31.72N 91.54W
09/25/2005 CONCORDIA LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 1 INJ *** SEVEREAL MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED. TREES AND
LIMBS DOWN.
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BANNANSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 347 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 MSZ018>019-025>028-034>037-040>044-047>050-053>056-059 -061>064-251800- ATTALA MS-BOLIVAR MS-CARROLL MS-CLAIBORNE MS- COPIAH MS-FRANKLIN MS-GRENADA MS-HINDS MS-HOLMES MS- HUMPHREYS MS-ISSAQUENA MS-JEFFERSON MS- JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-LAWRENCE MS-LEAKE MS-LEFLORE MS- LINCOLN MS-MADISON MS-MONTGOMERY MS-RANKIN MS-SCOTT MS- SHARKEY MS-SIMPSON MS-SMITH MS-SUNFLOWER MS-WARREN MS- WASHINGTON MS-YAZOO MS- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS REPLACED A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 817 AND HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 818 UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 28 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ATTALA COPIAH HINDS HOLMES HUMPHREYS LEAKE MADISON RANKIN SCOTT SIMPSON SMITH YAZOO IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CARROLL GRENADA LEFLORE MONTGOMERY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BOLIVAR SUNFLOWER WASHINGTON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI CLAIBORNE FRANKLIN JEFFERSON IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ISSAQUENA SHARKEY WARREN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ANGUILLA...BASSFIELD...BELZONI... BRANDON...BROOKHAVEN...BUDE...CANTON...CARROLLTON...CARTHAGE... CLEVELAND...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...DURANT...FAYETTE...FOREST... GOODMAN...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...HAZLEHURST... INDIANOLA...ISOLA...JACKSON...KOSCIUSKO...LEXINGTON...MADISON... MAGEE...MAYERSVILLE...MEADVILLE...MENDENHALL...MONTICELLO... MORTON...NEW HEBRON...NORTH CARROLLTON...PEARL...PICKENS... PORT GIBSON...PRENTISS...RALEIGH...RICHLAND...RIDGELAND... ROLLING FORK...ROXIE...RULEVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...TCHULA... VAIDEN...VICKSBURG...WESSON...WINONA AND YAZOO CITY. ARZ074>075-LAZ007>009-015>016-023>026- -MSZ060-251000- ASHLEY AR-CHICOT AR-CATAHOULA LA-CONCORDIA LA- EAST CARROLL LA-FRANKLIN LA-MADISON LA-MOREHOUSE LA- RICHLAND LA-TENSAS LA-WEST CARROLL LA-ADAMS MS- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED TORNADO WATCH 817 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS CANCELS 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS ASHLEY CHICOT IN LOUISIANA THIS CANCELS 9 PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA CATAHOULA CONCORDIA EAST CARROLL FRANKLIN MADISON MOREHOUSE RICHLAND TENSAS WEST CARROLL IN MISSISSIPPI THIS CANCELS 1 COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ADAMS THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...CROSSETT...DELHI... DERMOTT...EPPS...EUDORA...FERRIDAY...HAMBURG...HARRISONBURG... JONESVILLE...LAKE PROVIDENCE...LAKE VILLAGE...NATCHEZ... NEWELLTON...NORTH CROSSETT...OAK GROVE...RAYVILLE...ST. JOSEPH... TALLULAH...VIDALIA...WATERPROOF...WEST CROSSETT... WEST FERRIDAY AND WINNSBORO. MSZ029>033-038>039-045>046-051>052-057>058-065>066 -251800- CHOCTAW MS-CLARKE MS-CLAY MS-COVINGTON MS-JASPER MS- JONES MS-KEMPER MS-LAUDERDALE MS-LOWNDES MS-NESHOBA MS- NEWTON MS-NOXUBEE MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-WEBSTER MS- WINSTON MS- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 818 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAW IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLARKE JASPER KEMPER LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON NOXUBEE WINSTON IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WEBSTER IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI CLAY LOWNDES OKTIBBEHA IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COVINGTON JONES THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ACKERMAN...BAY SPRINGS... BROOKSVILLE...COLLINS...COLUMBUS...CONEHATTA...DE KALB... DECATUR...EUPORA...HEIDELBERG...LAUREL...LOUISVILLE...MABEN... MACON...MATHISTON...MERIDIAN...MOUNT OLIVE...NEWTON... PEARL RIVER...PHILADELPHIA...QUITMAN...SCOOBA...SHUBUTA... STARKVILLE...STONEWALL...UNION...WEIR AND WEST POINT. CRAVEN
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:49 UTC.
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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