Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 4:14 PM CST for DeSoto County, Tunica County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 22, 2005, 4:14 PM CST (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2005, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties DeSoto County, MS, Tunica County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 12:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 222214
TORMEG
MSC033-143-222300-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0003.050322T2214Z-050322T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
414 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 500 PM CST
* AT 409 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
ROBINSONVILLE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUGHES...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EUDORA...
CORMORANT...HERNANDO...WALLS...LYNCHBURG...HORN LAKE AND SOUTHAVEN.
.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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3483 9044 3471 9027 3478 9015 3481 8998
3500 8994 3502 9024
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMEG 222232
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
432 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
MSC033-143-222300-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050322T2300Z/
DESOTO MS-TUNICA MS-
432 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR TUNICA AND DESOTO
COUNTIES...
AT 430 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AND
HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS ON HIGHWAY 61 NEAR THE TUNICA AND DESOTO
COUNTIES BORDER.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EUDORA...
NEWPORT...MEMPHIS...HERNANDO...WALLS...LYNCHBURG AND SOUTHAVEN.
.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3483 9044 3471 9027 3478 9015 3481 8998
3500 8994 3499 9024
$$000
WWUS54 KMEG 222242
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
441 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
MSC143-222251-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050322T2300Z/
TUNICA MS-
441 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TUNICA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE
TORNADO WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3489 9025 3488 9017 3477 9020 3480 9008
3482 8999 3500 8994 3500 9025
$$
MSC033-222300-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050322T2300Z/
DESOTO MS-
441 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR DESOTO COUNTY...
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HERNANDO...
WALLS...LYNCHBURG AND SOUTHAVEN.
.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3489 9025 3488 9017 3477 9020 3480 9008
3482 8999 3500 8994 3500 9025
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 3:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman | 38 min |
| Mar 22, 4:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 24 min |
| Mar 22, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola | 43 min |
| Mar 22, 4:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall | 38 min |
| Mar 22, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 30 min |
| Mar 22, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Union | 33 min |
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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.