Tornadoes · United States · Mississippi · 2005

F2 tornado, Fayette to Red Lick, Mississippi, September 25, 2005

From Fayette to Red Lick, this F2 tornado ran 10.0 miles across Jefferson County on September 25, 2005, touching down at 3:17 AM CDT and reaching 600 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $180,000 of property damage.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F040 to 72 mph

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. F173 to 112 mph

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. F2113 to 157 mphthis tornado

    Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

  4. F3158 to 206 mph

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4207 to 260 mph

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. F5261 to 318 mph

    Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

  7. Unrated

    The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

The record

Rating
F2
Date
September 25, 2005
Touchdown
3:17 AM CDT (08:17 UTC)
Path length
10.0 miles (16.1 km)
Path width
600 yards (549 m)
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$180,000
County
Jefferson County
Touchdown point
31.700, -91.130
Lift-off point
31.800, -91.070
Record number
470

What the Weather Service recorded

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.

This strong tornado touched down a few miles west-southwest of Fayette and tracked north-northeast for 10 miles. Extensive tree damage occurred along the path with hundreds of trees snapped and uprooted. A couple of mobile homes were damaged and a house had part of its roof taken off.

This tornado briefly touched down north of Fayette and snapped the tops off a number of trees.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, 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 tornado touched down at Sep 24, 9:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 9:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       75  84  72  85 /  90  90  80  40
MERIDIAN      73  84  69  85 /  90  80  90  60

&&

.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.

&&

15
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 24, 10:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 24, 9:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
930 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0734 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N NEWTON              32.33N 89.16W
09/24/2005                   NEWTON             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE OF THE LAZY BOY FACTORY BUILDINGS WAS DESTROYED OFF
            OF HWY 15 NORTH OF NEWTON.

&&

DB
Local storm report, Sep 24, 11:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1119 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0303 PM     TORNADO          3 SE GREENVILLE         33.35N 91.02W
09/24/2005                   WASHINGTON         MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR DODD AND BLACK BOW
            ROADS. 4 MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED, 3 WITH MAJOR DAMAGE AND
            15 MINOR DAMAGE. 3 HOMES WERE DAMAGED OFF OF DODD RD AND
            1 BUISNESS WAS DESTROYED. SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES
            WERE DOWN. TORNADO BEGAN JUST SE OF TOWN AND MOVED NNW
            ACROSS HWY 82. AT THIS TIME, DAMAGE WAS REPORTED ALONG A
            PATH FOR 1-2 MILES.

&&

CME
Local storm report, Sep 25, 1:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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.

&&

CAL
Local storm report, Sep 25, 2:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY 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.

&&

CRAVEN
Local storm report, Sep 25, 2:18 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY 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.

&&

CAL
Local storm report, Sep 25, 2:28 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY 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.

&&

CAL

The air that afternoon

The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.

Jackson, MS (KJAN), 00:00Z

8.3 hours before the tornado, 115 km from the path. September 25, 2005.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2005-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel lifted from the surface. Mixed-layer CAPE 947 joules per kilogram, CIN -20, lifted condensation level 724 meters above ground. Wind barbs in knots down the right edge.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2005-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers as a curve, rings every 10 meters per second labeled in knots. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 234 square meters per square second, 0 to 6 km bulk shear 28 knots.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.
Mixed-layer CAPE
947 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Surface CAPE
663 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.3
0-3 km lapse rate
5.6 K/km

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Jackson, MS (KJAN), 12:00Z

3.7 hours after it, 115 km from the path. September 25, 2005.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2005-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel lifted from the surface. Mixed-layer CAPE 770 joules per kilogram, CIN -4, lifted condensation level 665 meters above ground. Wind barbs in knots down the right edge.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2005-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers as a curve, rings every 10 meters per second labeled in knots. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 291 square meters per square second, 0 to 6 km bulk shear 35 knots.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.
Mixed-layer CAPE
770 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Surface CAPE
772 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
456 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.0
0-3 km lapse rate
5.7 K/km

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The surface observations

Natchez/Hardy(Awos) (HEZ), 24 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)Temp (°F)Dew point (°F)WindGust (kt)Pressure (mb)Weather
00:00 UTC

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 08:16 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

This ground now

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The other tornadoes of September 25, 2005

44 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 251:39 AM CDTF0Franklin Parish, LA0.7100$200,000
September 251:43 AM CDTF0Madison Parish, LA4.075$30,000
September 253:37 AM CDTF1Jefferson, MS1.075
September 253:49 AM CDTF2Jefferson, MS5.08001$300,000
September 253:54 AM CDTF2Claiborne, MS2.0800$20,000
September 254:44 AM CDTF0Jefferson, MS4.050$40,000
September 255:00 AM CDTF0Monroe, AL2.250$80,000
September 258:02 AM CDTF1Claiborne, MS0.750$70,000
September 259:21 AM CDTF0Warren, MS1.5100$10,000
September 2512:26 PM CDTF0Warren, MS0.550$30,000
September 251:01 PM CDTF0Lamar, AL0.125$1,000
September 251:55 PM CDTF0Attala, MS2.075$50,000
September 252:04 PM CDTF0Pickens, AL5.230$4,000
September 252:05 PM CDTF0Madison, MS3.075
September 252:22 PM CDTF1Lamar, AL6.2300$140,000
September 252:25 PM CDTF0Smith, MS1.050$30,000
September 252:30 PM CDTF1Marion, AL2.540$10,000
September 252:38 PM CDTF1Oktibbeha, MS3.5757$2.0 million
September 252:47 PM CDTF1Leake, MS1.5100$200,000
September 252:54 PM CDTF0Winston, AL0.850$30,000
September 252:55 PM CDTF0Tuscaloosa, AL1.680$40,000
September 252:57 PM CDTF1Winston, AL2.5150$20,000
September 253:00 PM CDTF0Fayette, AL0.120
September 253:01 PM CDTF0Jasper, MS1.050
September 253:05 PM CDTF0Tuscaloosa, AL0.850$20,000
September 253:06 PM CDTF0Winston, AL0.530$3,000
September 253:28 PM CDTF0Hinds, MS1.075
September 253:39 PM CDTF0Pickens, AL0.325$2,000
September 253:54 PM CDTF0Greene, AL0.125
September 253:55 PM CDTF1Tuscaloosa, AL13.8100$10,000
September 253:55 PM CDTF0Tuscaloosa, AL0.225
September 253:58 PM CDTF1Rankin, MS2.075$400,000
September 254:05 PM CDTF1Tuscaloosa, AL6.71502$250,000
September 254:14 PM CDTF0Oktibbeha, MS1.050
September 254:19 PM CDTF0Tuscaloosa, AL5.8100$20,000
September 254:21 PM CDTF1Lauderdale, MS1.8150$250,000
September 254:24 PM CDTF0Tuscaloosa, AL5.060$10,000
September 255:07 PM CDTF0Rankin, MS1.050$10,000
September 255:24 PM CDTF0Noxubee, MS1.050
September 255:37 PM CDTF1Greene, AL6.0250$250,000
September 255:52 PM CDTF0Tuscaloosa, AL1.260$60,000
September 255:59 PM CDTF1Tuscaloosa, AL4.8125$200,000
September 256:14 PM CDTF0Tuscaloosa, AL0.110
September 259:42 PM CDTF0Sumter, AL2.850$20,000

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.