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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN

September 24, 2005Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 2005, 8:58 PM CDT for Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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: Sep 24, 2005, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired: Sep 24, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tallahatchie County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 24, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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: 150 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 152 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 250159
TORMEG
MSC135-250230-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0021.050925T0158Z-050925T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
858 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 853 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAYNES...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF GRENADA...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CASCILLA 
AND PAYNES.

.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 3381 9008 3383 8991 3418 8998 3410 9016

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 250210
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
909 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

MSC135-250230-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050925T0230Z/
TALLAHATCHIE MS-
909 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY...

AT 904 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO IS NOW LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PAYNES...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF GRENADA...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
PAYNES...CASCILLA AND CHARLESTON.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3381 9006 3383 8991 3418 8998 3410 9014

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 250229
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
929 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

MSC135-250239-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050925T0230Z/
TALLAHATCHIE MS-
929 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 930 PM
CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED IN
THE WARNED AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3381 9006 3383 8991 3418 8998 3410 9014

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 25, 4:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	25 min
Sep 25, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	31 min
Sep 25, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	30 min
Sep 25, 5:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma	113 min
Sep 25, 6:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Tunica	2 hr
Sep 25, 6:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate	46 min
Sep 25, 11:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Monroe	33 min
Sep 25, 1:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	27 min
Sep 25, 1:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Prentiss	22 min
Sep 25, 1:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Tishomingo	34 min
Sep 25, 2:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba	26 min
Sep 25, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	34 min
Sep 25, 4:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba	23 min
Sep 25, 5:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Alcorn	116 min
Sep 25, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba	27 min
Sep 25, 6:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	2 hr

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.