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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Memphis, TN

October 25, 1997Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 25, 1997, 7:09 PM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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
Oct 25, 1997, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Oct 25, 1997, 7:55 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 25, 7:40 PM CDTThunderstorm WindAcker, MSSeveral signs and trees were blown down.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 25, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 00:00Z on 1997-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1997-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-261 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
491 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 260011 RRA
TORMEM
MSC095-260055-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
709 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 755 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI

   ...NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 705 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CONTAINING A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR EGYPT IN EASTERN CHICKASAW
COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT NEW WREN
BY 725 PM AND AMORY BY 740 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 SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.

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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.