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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Memphis, TN

March 5, 2004Pontotoc County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 5, 2004, 5:51 PM CST for Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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
Mar 5, 2004, 5:51 PM CST (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2004, 6:15 PM CST
In force
24 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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 12:00Z on 2004-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2004-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 052351
TORMEM
MSC115-060015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
551 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 551 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF ALGOMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 615 PM CST INCLUDE...
  PONTOTOC...TROY...
  FURRS...

.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 3422 8915 3409 8900 3421 8881 3438 8886

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 5:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun28 min
Mar 5, 5:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Yalobusha92 min
Mar 5, 5:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc67 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.