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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Memphis, TN

October 23, 2004Yalobusha County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 23, 2004, 4:18 PM CDT for Yalobusha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min. 4 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 23, 2004, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 2004, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Yalobusha County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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 23, 4:19 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Coffeeville, MS
Oct 23, 4:19 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Coffeeville, MS
Oct 23, 4:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Coffeeville, MS	LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN.
Oct 23, 4:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Coffeeville, MS	LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 232118
TORMEM
MSC161-232145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
418 PM CDT SAT OCT 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF
  COFFEEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 445 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  COFFEEVILLE...
  VELMA...

.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 3405 8984 3387 8982 3385 8950 3411 8951

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 23, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall	25 min
Oct 23, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tippah	30 min
Oct 23, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee	38 min
Oct 23, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw	24 min
Oct 23, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	51 min
Oct 23, 6:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	38 min
Oct 23, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	48 min
Oct 23, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba	44 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.