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Tornado Warning 83, NWS Memphis, TN

November 23, 2004Yalobusha County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2004, 6:36 PM CST for Yalobusha 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
Nov 23, 2004, 6:36 PM CST (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2004, 7:00 PM CST
In force
24 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), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 23, 6:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 00:00Z on 2004-11-24Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2004-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 240036
TORMEG
MSC161-240100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
636 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 636 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  SCOBEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 700 PM CST INCLUDE...
  TILLATOBA...
  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 3390 8993 3389 8969 3411 8951 3414 8978
      3399 8991

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 7:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie, Yalobusha30 min
Nov 23, 7:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGYalobusha2 hr
Nov 23, 7:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Pontotoc32 min
Nov 23, 7:46 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGTallahatchie119 min
Nov 23, 8:03 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette27 min
Nov 23, 8:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc29 min
Nov 23, 8:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee29 min
Nov 23, 8:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGPontotoc, Union113 min
Nov 23, 9:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPrentiss21 min
Nov 23, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.