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Tornado Warning 92, NWS Memphis, TN

May 6, 2003Itawamba County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 10:57 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2003, 11:20 PM CDT
In force
23 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

752 
WFUS54 KMEG 070357
TORMEM
MSC057-070420-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1053 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1120 PM CDT.

* AT 1051 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST EAST OF
  SANDY SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN    
  WAS REPORTED EARLIER NEAR PRATTS FRIENDSHIP IN ASSOCIATION WITH    
  THE SAME STORM. 

* THIS TORNADO TORNADO WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3446 8854 3430 8844 3441 8816 3448 8824

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, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba48 min
May 6, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLee22 min
May 6, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTishomingo49 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.