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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2005, 2:40 PM CDT for Panola County, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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
- Apr 6, 2005, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2005, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Panola County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 11:05 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 6, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 848 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 061940 TORMEG MSC107-135-062015- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0013.050406T1940Z-050406T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 240 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 237 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENID...OR ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POPE... SARDIS...ENDVILLE AND BATESVILLE. .THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. .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 AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. .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 3407 9018 3400 9001 3435 8971 3445 8995 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMEG 061954 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 253 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 MSC107-135-062015- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050406T2015Z/ PANOLA MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS- 253 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR TALLAHATCHIE AND PANOLA COUNTIES... AT 252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR POPE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATES ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL NEAR THE TOWN OF SUMNER. THIS STORM IS ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POPE...COURTLAND...SARDIS...ENDVILLE AND BATESVILLE. THE TOWNS OF BRAZIL AND SUMNER MAY SEE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS WELL. .THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. .IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. .STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5. LAT...LON 3391 9034 3388 9021 3435 8972 3445 8995 $$
000 WWUS54 KMEG 062007 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 305 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 MSC107-062015- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050406T2015Z/ PANOLA MS- 305 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PANOLA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3393 9034 3389 9022 3408 9008 3408 9027 $$ MSC135-062015- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050406T2015Z/ TALLAHATCHIE MS- 305 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY... AT 302 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRAZIL...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM THAT ORIGINALLY PROMPTED THE WARNING NORTH OF CHARLESTON HAS WEAKENED. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRAZIL. .THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. .IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. .STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3393 9034 3389 9022 3408 9008 3408 9027 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 33 min |
| Apr 6, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Quitman | 25 min |
| Apr 6, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Yalobusha | 24 min |
| Apr 6, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall | 49 min |
| Apr 6, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 36 min |
| Apr 6, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Union | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.