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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Memphis, TN

November 10, 2002Lafayette County, Panola County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 6:15 PM CST for Lafayette County, Panola County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 2002, 6:15 PM CST (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 7:00 PM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lafayette County, MS, Panola County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 10, 6:45 PM CSTThunderstorm WindCountywide, MSSome trees were blown down on the University of Mississippi campus. One house was destroyed by a fire started when a fallen tree broke a gas line and a downed power line produced a spark. Some of the trees fell on cars. Trees and power lines were blown down ac

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 4:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 2002-11-11Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2002-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2087 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 6:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson30 min
Nov 10, 6:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman, McNairy50 min
Nov 10, 6:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDecatur33 min
Nov 10, 6:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin52 min
Nov 10, 6:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton30 min
Nov 10, 6:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion43 min
Nov 10, 6:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton23 min
Nov 10, 6:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah32 min
Nov 10, 7:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo44 min
Nov 10, 7:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee48 min
Nov 10, 7:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw35 min
Nov 10, 7:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo28 min
Nov 10, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba28 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.