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Tornado Warning 87, NWS Memphis, TN

May 6, 2003Pontotoc County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT for Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 60 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 6, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pontotoc County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 2657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.6
Supercell composite: 17.8

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The text

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

244 
WFUS54 KMEG 070200
TORMEM
MSC115-070300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
859 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

* AT 851 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF
  RANDOLPH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE THROUGH SPRINGVILLE...PONTOTOC...AND
  ALGOMA.

.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 3430 8924 3410 8925 3408 8883 3438 8883

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette	37 min
May 6, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pontotoc	47 min
May 6, 9:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lee	56 min
May 6, 10:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba	48 min
May 6, 10:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lee	22 min
May 6, 10:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Tishomingo	49 min
May 6, 10:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba	23 min
May 7, 6:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma	24 min
May 7, 6:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Quitman, Tallahatchie	30 min
May 7, 7:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	32 min
May 7, 7:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Yalobusha	51 min
May 7, 8:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Calhoun	40 min
May 7, 8:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw	64 min
May 7, 9:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	MEG	Monroe	53 min
May 7, 10:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	MEG	Monroe	27 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.