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Tornado Warning 134, NWS Memphis, TN

August 3, 2003Lafayette County, Panola County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 2003, 12:53 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Panola County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2003, 12:53 PM CDT (17:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2003, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lafayette County, MS, Panola County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 43 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: 2892 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 6.5

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The text

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

320 
WFUS54 KMEG 031753
TORMEM
MSC071-107-031845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1254 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT.

* AT 1250 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF
  GLENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 145 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  GLENVILLE...
  HARMONTOWN...
  ABBEVILLE...
  CAMBRIDGE...

.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.

.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 BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.

LAT...LON 3458 8989 3448 8994 3433 8940 3453 8933
          3458 8965

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 11:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tunica	34 min
Aug 3, 12:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate	43 min
Aug 3, 12:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate	2 hr
Aug 3, 1:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Panola, Yalobusha	32 min
Aug 3, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pontotoc, Union	32 min
Aug 3, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	28 min
Aug 3, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	30 min

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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.