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Tornado Warning 89, NWS Memphis, TN

May 6, 2003Itawamba County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 10:12 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Itawamba County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2003-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2657 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 2003-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 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
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.

120 
WFUS54 KMEG 070312
TORMEM
MSC057-070400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1012 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

* AT 1008 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
  MANTACHIE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 1100 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  MANTACHIE...
  FULTON...
  FAIRVIEW...SANDY SPRINGS...

.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 3438 8853 3416 8853 3426 8819 3450 8828

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette37 min
May 6, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc47 min
May 6, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPontotoc60 min
May 6, 9:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLee56 min
May 6, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLee22 min
May 6, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTishomingo49 min
May 6, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba23 min
May 7, 6:36 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCoahoma24 min
May 7, 6:45 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGQuitman, Tallahatchie30 min
May 7, 7:28 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGTallahatchie32 min
May 7, 7:54 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGYalobusha51 min
May 7, 8:20 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun40 min
May 7, 8:56 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw64 min
May 7, 9:37 AM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyMEGMonroe53 min
May 7, 10:23 AM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyMEGMonroe27 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.