Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1996, 12:09 PM CST for Itawamba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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, 12:09 PM CST (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 7, 1996, 12:45 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Itawamba County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 12:10 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton, 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
093 WFUS1 KMEM 071811 RRA TORMEM MSC057-071845- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1209 PM CST THU NOV 7 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI ...ITAWAMBA COUNTY AT 1208 PM CST...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FULTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL PASS NEAR FULTON BY 1215 AND TREMONT BY 1215 PM CST AND FAIRVIEW BY 1220 PM CST. .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 SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, 39 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, 38 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 1:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 34 min |
| Nov 7, 8:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 47 min |
| Nov 7, 8:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 47 min |
| Nov 7, 9:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 48 min |
| Nov 7, 10:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 50 min |
| Nov 7, 11:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 51 min |
| Nov 7, 11:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 34 min |
| Nov 7, 12:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee | 33 min |
| Nov 7, 12:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 50 min |
| Nov 7, 1:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 34 min |
| Nov 7, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.