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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Memphis, TN

May 27, 1996Pontotoc County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1996, 5:49 PM CDT for Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1996, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1996, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Pontotoc County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 6:17 PM CDTHail 0.75Ecru, MS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 272252
TORMEM
MSC115-272330-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
549 PM CDT MON MAY 27 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN PONTOTOC COUNTY
 
AT 545 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY. THIS STORM
IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND THAXTON BY 600 PM
AND ECRU BY 615 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette43 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.