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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN

February 24, 2001Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2001, 7:33 PM CST for Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 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: Feb 24, 2001, 7:33 PM CST (01:33 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2001, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 24, 7:37 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 55 E	Cardwell, MO	Several trees and power lines 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
Feb 24, 5:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 999 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 420 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 489 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.2
Supercell composite: 13.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 250137
TORMEM
MOC069-155-250200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
733 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 800 PM CST.

* AT 729 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR 
CARDWELL. A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR MONETT AR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  KENNETT AROUND 745 PM CST
  DEERING...BRAGG CITY AROUND 750 PM CST
  PASCOLA...BOLTON AROUND 755 PM CST
  PORTAGEVILLE AROUND 800 PM CST

.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT.

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

LAT...LON 3607 9038 3592 9026 3628 8950 3647 8964

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 7:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dunklin, Pemiscot	53 min
Feb 24, 7:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pemiscot	31 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.