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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Memphis, TN

November 26, 2001Yalobusha County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 26, 2001, 5:20 PM CST for Yalobusha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 2001, 5:20 PM CST (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Nov 26, 2001, 6:00 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Yalobusha County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 26, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2001-11-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 307 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 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.

703 
WFUS54 KMEG 262322
TORMEM
MSC161-270000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
520 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN AND EASTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 600 PM CST.

* AT 519 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 8 MILES          
  SOUTHWEST OF COFFEEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

  STRUCTURAL DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS TORNADO AS IT MOVED  
  THROUGH GRENADA COUNTY.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 600 PM CST INCLUDE...
  COFFEEVILLE...
  VELMA...

.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 3391 8990 3376 8978 3389 8950 3418 8951

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 5:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Marshall46 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.