Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2004, 3:13 PM CDT for Alcorn County, Prentiss County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min. 10 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
- Oct 18, 2004, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2004, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Alcorn County, MS, Prentiss County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 3:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 S Kossuth, MS | SOME DIME SIZED HAIL IN ADDITION TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
| Oct 18, 3:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 S Kossuth, MS | SOME DIME SIZED HAIL IN ADDITION TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
| Oct 18, 3:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 S Kossuth, MS | SOME DIME SIZED HAIL IN ADDITION TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
| Oct 18, 3:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 S Kossuth, MS | SOME DIME SIZED HAIL IN ADDITION TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
| Oct 18, 3:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 S Kossuth, MS | SOME DIME SIZED HAIL IN ADDITION TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
| Oct 18, 3:31 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 E Rienzi, MS | THE TOWN OF JACINTO JUST NORTH OF PRENTISS COUNTY...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED. |
| Oct 18, 3:31 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 E Rienzi, MS | THE TOWN OF JACINTO JUST NORTH OF PRENTISS COUNTY...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED. |
| Oct 18, 3:31 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 E Rienzi, MS | THE TOWN OF JACINTO JUST NORTH OF PRENTISS COUNTY...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED. |
| Oct 18, 3:31 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 E Rienzi, MS | THE TOWN OF JACINTO JUST NORTH OF PRENTISS COUNTY...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED. |
| Oct 18, 3:31 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 E Rienzi, MS | THE TOWN OF JACINTO JUST NORTH OF PRENTISS COUNTY...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 1504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 482 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.3
- Supercell composite
- 16.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 182013 TORMEM MSC003-117-182100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 311 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 311 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF KOSSUTH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 400 PM CDT INCLUDE... HINKLE... RIENZI... GLEN... LEEDY... .IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...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 3488 8876 3472 8875 3468 8832 3492 8836 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Tate, Tunica | 36 min |
| Oct 18, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah | 33 min |
| Oct 18, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 48 min |
| Oct 18, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.