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Tornado Warning 78, NWS Memphis, TN

May 5, 2003Chickasaw County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2003, 8:54 PM CDT for Chickasaw County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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
May 5, 2003, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2003, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chickasaw County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2003-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1533 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 2003-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1533 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
91 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 060154
TORMEM
MSC017-060245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
855 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.

* AT 849 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 13 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PYLAND...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 945 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  WOODLAND...PYLAND...
  HOUSTON...
  TREBLOC...

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

LAT...LON 3394 8914 3374 8917 3382 8872 3400 8872

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma27 min
May 5, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie39 min
May 5, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPanola28 min
May 5, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGQuitman52 min
May 5, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee64 min
May 5, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette46 min
May 5, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTallahatchie26 min
May 5, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGYalobusha52 min
May 5, 7:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, Lafayette, Monroe, Panola and 4 more3 hr
May 5, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGYalobusha26 min
May 5, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTallahatchie33 min
May 5, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Lee40 min
May 5, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun48 min
May 5, 8:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGItawamba, Lee3 hr
May 5, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGYalobusha29 min
May 5, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun27 min
May 5, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTallahatchie55 min
May 5, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMonroe51 min
May 5, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGYalobusha52 min
May 5, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTallahatchie48 min
May 5, 10:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette38 min
May 5, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc47 min
May 5, 10:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee and 6 more2 hr
May 5, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw48 min
May 5, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee38 min
May 5, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba67 min
May 5, 11:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMonroe48 min
May 5, 11:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGPrentiss, Union115 min
May 6, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola40 min
May 6, 12:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCoahoma, Panola, Quitman2 hr
May 6, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette48 min
May 6, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGQuitman, Tunica37 min
May 6, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall49 min
May 6, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola27 min
May 6, 1:16 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette44 min
May 6, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTate27 min
May 6, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Marshall34 min
May 6, 1:44 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGUnion46 min
May 6, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTunica24 min
May 6, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate51 min
May 6, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPrentiss, Union47 min
May 6, 3:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate116 min
May 6, 5:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo118 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.