Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2004

Tornado Warning 19, NWS Memphis, TN

June 3, 2004Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2004, 4:14 PM CDT for Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
Jun 3, 2004, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2004, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tallahatchie County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 2004-06-03Temperature 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 2004-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1073 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 032114
TORMEM
MSC135-032145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
414 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 414 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO
  6 MILES WEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 445 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  PAYNES...CHARLESTON...

.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 3403 9032 3388 9032 3383 9001 3401 8998

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton113 min
Jun 2, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton30 min
Jun 2, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah, Union40 min
Jun 2, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion30 min
Jun 3, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola45 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2004Every tornado warning in 2004Tornadoes in 2004

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.