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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

May 27, 1996Lafayette County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1996, 5:02 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1996, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1996, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lafayette County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1996-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2617 joules per kilogram.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.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1996-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 236 square meters per square second.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.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2617 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
11.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 272204
TORMEM
MSC071-272245-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
502 PM CDT MON MAY 27 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LAFAYETTE COUNTY
 
AT 500 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG THE PANOLA
LAFAYETTE COUNTY LINE NEAR ORWOOD. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH
AND WILL MOVE INTO TAYLOR BY 520 PM AND MARKETTE BY 535 PM.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma46 min
May 27, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman41 min
May 27, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola34 min
May 27, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPanola37 min
May 27, 5:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPontotoc41 min
May 27, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGYalobusha25 min
May 27, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLowndes25 min
May 27, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLee39 min
May 27, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba37 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.