Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2005, 4:52 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 25, 2005, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Itawamba County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 5:10 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | New Salem, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. FUNNEL CLOUDS AND ROTATION REPORTED AS WELL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 25, 11:05 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMEG 252152
TORMEG
MSC057-252215-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0028.050925T2152Z-050925T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
452 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR NEW SALEM...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF FULTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TREMONT AND
FAIRVIEW.
.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 3413 8848 3410 8839 3424 8818 3446 8815
3447 8826
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMEG 252205
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
505 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
MSC057-252215-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050925T2215Z/
ITAWAMBA MS-
505 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR ITAWAMBA
COUNTY...
AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO IS NOW LOCATED NEAR NEW SALEM...OR
ABOUT NEAR FULTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FAIRVIEW.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3413 8848 3410 8839 3424 8818 3446 8815
3447 8826
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 32 min |
| 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, 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 |
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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.