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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

April 3, 2001Itawamba County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2001, 4:52 AM CDT for Itawamba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 13 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
Apr 3, 2001, 4:52 AM CDT (09:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2001, 5:05 AM CDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Itawamba County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 00:00Z on 2001-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 250 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 00:00Z on 2001-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
250 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1207 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 030952
TORMEM
MSC057-031005-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
452 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 505 AM CDT.

* AT 449 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 4
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 505 AM CDT INCLUDE...
  FAIRVIEW...
  TREMONT...

.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 SERHVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3443 8838 3423 8837 3421 8819 3442 8816

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee31 min
Apr 3, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba30 min
Apr 3, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola24 min
Apr 3, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion32 min
Apr 3, 5:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee35 min
Apr 3, 6:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo34 min
Apr 3, 6:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Tate32 min
Apr 3, 6:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion35 min
Apr 3, 7:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe28 min
Apr 3, 7:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola35 min
Apr 3, 9:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc28 min
Apr 3, 10:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee27 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.