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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Memphis, TN

November 7, 1996Chickasaw County, Lee County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1996, 12:02 PM CST for Chickasaw County, Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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
Nov 7, 1996, 12:02 PM CST (18:02 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1996, 12:35 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chickasaw County, MS, Lee County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 7, 12:20 PM CSTThunderstorm WindVerona, 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 1996-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -434 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-434 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

056 
WFUS1 KMEM 071803 RRA
TORMEM
MSC017-081-071835-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1202 PM CST THU NOV 7 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1235 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI

   ...NORTHEASTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY
 
AT 1201 PM CST...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
WEATHER RADAR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOUSTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL PASS NEAR SHANNON BY 1215 PM CST AND VERONA BY
1220 PM CST.

.DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STURDY
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SAFETY IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 7, 11:30 AM CST, 32 minutes before
TNZ001>006-019>024-048>056-088>092-072115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1130 AM CST THU NOV 7 1996

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1116 IS CANCELLED...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1116 IS BEING REPLACED AND WILL NO
LONGER BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1130 AM CST.

HOWEVER TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1118 HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM CST TODAY.  THE NEW TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE ALL OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE..MUCH OF THE PLATEAU..AND THE WESTERN TENNESSEE COUNTIES OF
BENTON..DECATUR..AND HARDIN.

SOME OF THE COUNTIES OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THAT WERE UNDER TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 1116 ARE NOW INCLUDED IN WATCH NUMBER 1118 THAT IS VALID UNTIL
5 PM CST.

COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE THAT ARE CLEARED FROM ANY  WATCHES ARE
NORTHERN WEST:
CARROLL..CROCKETT..DYER..GIBSON..HENRY..LAKE..OBION..WEAKLEY.

FROM SOUTHERN WEST..
CHESTER..FAYETTE..HARDEMAN..HAYWOOD..HENDERSON..LAUDERDALE..MADISON..
MCNAIRY..SHELBY..TIPTON.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 11:31 AM CST, 31 minutes before
TNZ001>006-019>024-048>056-088>092-072115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1130 AM CST THU NOV 7 1996

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1116 IS CANCELLED...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1116 IS BEING REPLACED AND WILL NO
LONGER BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1130 AM CST.

HOWEVER TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1118 HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM CST TODAY.  THE NEW TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE ALL OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE..MUCH OF THE PLATEAU..AND THE WESTERN TENNESSEE COUNTIES OF
BENTON..DECATUR..AND HARDIN.

SOME OF THE COUNTIES OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THAT WERE UNDER TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 1116 ARE NOW INCLUDED IN WATCH NUMBER 1118 THAT IS VALID UNTIL
5 PM CST.

COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE THAT ARE CLEARED FROM ANY  WATCHES ARE
NORTHERN WEST:
CARROLL..CROCKETT..DYER..GIBSON..HENRY..LAKE..OBION..WEAKLEY.

FROM SOUTHERN WEST..
CHESTER..FAYETTE..HARDEMAN..HAYWOOD..HENDERSON..LAUDERDALE..MADISON..
MCNAIRY..SHELBY..TIPTON.

STAY TUNED ,TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 1:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe34 min
Nov 7, 8:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto47 min
Nov 7, 8:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Marshall47 min
Nov 7, 9:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton48 min
Nov 7, 10:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah50 min
Nov 7, 11:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn51 min
Nov 7, 11:36 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGItawamba34 min
Nov 7, 12:09 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGItawamba36 min
Nov 7, 12:15 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLowndes50 min
Nov 7, 1:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe34 min
Nov 7, 1:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe29 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1996Every tornado warning in 1996Tornadoes in 1996

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.