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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Memphis, TN

November 24, 2001Itawamba County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2001, 9:46 AM CST for Itawamba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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: Nov 24, 2001, 9:46 AM CST (15:46 UTC)
Expired: Nov 24, 2001, 10:30 AM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Itawamba County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 24, 9:50 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Mantachie, MS	Several trees were knocked 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
Nov 24, 5:30 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Nov 24, 9:30 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 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.

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 241546
TORMEM
MSC057-241630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
946 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1030 AM CST.

* AT 943 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR  
  MANTACHIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 1030 AM CST INCLUDE...
  MANTACHIE...FULTON...
  TREMONT...
  FAIRVIEW...
  SANDY SPRINGS...

.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.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3429 8865 3416 8850 3418 8820 3445 8815
          3448 8835

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 24, 2:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman	47 min
Nov 24, 3:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman, Tate	49 min
Nov 24, 3:49 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	DeSoto	41 min
Nov 24, 4:52 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	DeSoto	2 hr
Nov 24, 7:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tippah	37 min
Nov 24, 7:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pontotoc, Union	37 min
Nov 24, 7:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tippah	30 min
Nov 24, 8:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Prentiss, Union	36 min
Nov 24, 8:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc	26 min
Nov 24, 8:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	32 min
Nov 24, 8:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Prentiss	37 min
Nov 24, 9:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	45 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.