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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

January 3, 2000Tippah County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2000, 2:10 PM CST for Tippah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2000, 2:10 PM CST (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 3:00 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Tippah County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 2:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 486 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 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
486 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
513 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
7.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 032010
TORMEM
MSC139-032100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
210 PM CST MON JAN 3 2000


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 300 PM CST

* AT 208 PM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AND SPOTTERS REPORTED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF RIPLEY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
  AT 203 PM...UNION COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED DAMAGE FROM A
  TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF NEW ALBANY IN UNION COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RIPLEY BY 215 PM CST
  PEOPLES BY 225 PM CST

.IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK REFUGE FROM THE TORNADO IN A
STRONG BUILDING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 1:39 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLafayette46 min
Jan 3, 1:48 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGUnion47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.