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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2004, 9:38 PM CDT for Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 min. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2004, 9:38 PM CDT (02:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lee County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 9:44 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Furrs, MS | LARGE TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH IN THE TOWN OF BISSEL APPOXIMATELY 2 MILES WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 78 AND HIGHWAY 6. |
| Jul 14, 9:44 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ene Furrs, MS | SEVERAL RESIDENCES HAD LARGE TREES DOWN AT THE CORNER OF LAKEPARK AND MEADOWBROOK. |
| Jul 14, 9:44 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ene Furrs, MS | NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH WITH ALL THE TREES LAYING GENERALLY IN A NORTH TO SOUTH FASHION. |
| Jul 14, 9:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Ene Furrs, MS | SEVERAL RESIDENTS NEAR INTERSECTION OF LAKEPARK AND MEADOWBROOK STATED THAT WERE ON THE RECEIVING END OF PENNY TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. |
| Jul 14, 10:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Tupelo, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON CHESTERFIELD RD. SOME TREES 24 TO 36 INCHES IN DIAMETER. POWER IS OUT. |
| Jul 14, 10:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Tupelo, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON CHESTERFIELD RD. SOME TREES 24 TO 36 INCHES IN DIAMETER. POWER IS OUT. |
| Jul 14, 10:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Tupelo, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON CHESTERFIELD RD. SOME TREES 24 TO 36 INCHES IN DIAMETER. POWER IS OUT. |
| Jul 14, 10:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Tupelo, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON CHESTERFIELD RD. SOME TREES 24 TO 36 INCHES IN DIAMETER. POWER IS OUT. |
| Jul 14, 10:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Tupelo, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON CHESTERFIELD RD. SOME TREES 24 TO 36 INCHES IN DIAMETER. POWER IS OUT. |
| Jul 14, 10:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Tupelo, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON CHESTERFIELD RD. SOME TREES 24 TO 36 INCHES IN DIAMETER. POWER IS OUT. |
| Jul 14, 10:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Tupelo, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON CHESTERFIELD RD. SOME TREES 24 TO 36 INCHES IN DIAMETER. POWER IS OUT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 150238 TORMEM MSC081-150315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 938 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 938 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF VERONA...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 1015 PM CDT INCLUDE... SHANNON .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 8860 3430 8885 3412 8884 3411 8858 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 53 min |
| Jul 14, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 8:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 16 min |
| Jul 14, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 10:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Tippah | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tate | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Monroe | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.