Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 32, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 16, 2000, 10:32 AM CST for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2000, 10:32 AM CST (16:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2000, 11:15 AM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Monroe County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 10:45 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen, MS | Several 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 10:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 161632 TORMEM MSC095-161715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1032 AM CST SAT DEC 16 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1115 AM CST * AT 1028 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRAIRIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 1115 AM CST INCLUDE... PRAIRIE... ABERDEEN... HATLEY... GATTMAN... .IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. .IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT. .STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3374 8886 3359 8875 3390 8807 3411 8822
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 11:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 37 min |
| Dec 16, 11:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 39 min |
| Dec 16, 1:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 34 min |
| Dec 16, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 35 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.