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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 5:00 PM CST for DeSoto County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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, 5:00 PM CST (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2005, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County DeSoto County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 12:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 13 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 222300 TORMEG MSC033-222330- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0005.050322T2300Z-050322T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 500 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 530 PM CST * AT 454 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED A WALL CLOUD NEAR THE NESBIT TRUCK WEIGHING STATION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ALSO TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTHAVEN AND OLIVE BRANCH. .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 3493 9015 3481 8999 3500 8974 3499 9007 $$
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, 4:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 46 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, 5:27 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.