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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

April 24, 2003Quitman County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2003, 11:02 PM CDT for Quitman County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
Apr 24, 2003, 11:02 PM CDT (04:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2003, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Quitman County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 2003-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2140 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2140 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
10.0

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The text

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

877 
WFUS54 KMEG 250402
TORMEM
MSC119-250445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1102 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.

* AT 1101 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER FALCON...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 1145 PM CDT INCLUDE...

.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 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 3447 9037 3429 9031 3431 9022 3451 9026

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma39 min
Apr 24, 10:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCoahoma41 min
Apr 24, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGQuitman49 min
Apr 24, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola39 min
Apr 24, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Panola39 min
Apr 25, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion34 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.