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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Memphis, TN

September 25, 2005Itawamba County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2005, 5:18 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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 25, 2005, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2005, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
27 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), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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
Sep 25, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2005-09-25Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2005-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 252218
TORMEG
MSC057-252245-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0029.050925T2218Z-050925T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
518 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR NEW SALEM...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF AMORY...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FULTON...
  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 3411 8853 3409 8834 3422 8818 3446 8815
      3445 8828

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMEG 252231
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
531 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

MSC057-252245-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050925T2245Z/
ITAWAMBA MS-
531 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR ITAWAMBA
COUNTY...

AT 531 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO IS NOW LOCATED NEAR NEW SALEM...OR
ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FULTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TREMONT
AND 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 3411 8853 3409 8834 3422 8818 3446 8815
      3445 8828

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTallahatchie32 min
Sep 25, 4:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma25 min
Sep 25, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma31 min
Sep 25, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma30 min
Sep 25, 5:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCoahoma113 min
Sep 25, 6:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGTunica2 hr
Sep 25, 6:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate46 min
Sep 25, 11:57 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGMonroe33 min
Sep 25, 1:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn, Tishomingo27 min
Sep 25, 1:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPrentiss22 min
Sep 25, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTishomingo34 min
Sep 25, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba26 min
Sep 25, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe34 min
Sep 25, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba23 min
Sep 25, 5:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGAlcorn116 min
Sep 25, 6:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe2 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.